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Rapper, writer, actor and producer Ice Cube talks to TIME's Belinda Luscombe about the upcoming film 22 Jump Street, why he raps, and why his name suits him._  by [Belinda Luscombe](https://time.com/author/belinda-luscombe/)  ## Belinda Luscombe Editor at Large Jun 12, 2014 10:20 AM UTC  by [Belinda Luscombe](https://time.com/author/belinda-luscombe/)  ## Belinda Luscombe Editor at Large Jun 12, 2014 10:20 AM UTC Ice Cube’s kids, not surprisingly, listened to a lot of rap music growing up. Two of his three kids are now rappers in their own right. But the man who reprises his role as a perpetually angry cop in 2_2 Jump Street_ is not about to tolerate bad language in his home. In his interview in the luxuriously paper edition of _TIME_ this week, Cube, as he likes to be known, says he doesn’t allow cursing in the home. “All kids got crazy language,” he says “I know kids cuss, they do their thing, but I tell them Don’t do it in the earshot of any adults or you’re in trouble.” When they resist he breaks out his famous scowl, which, he claims, totally works as well on his kids as it works on Jonah Hill’s character in the movie. Ice Cube’s two sons and one daughter have had significantly different upbringings from their dad’s. Cube’s childhood in south central L.A. was no easy ride, while they have wanted for nothing. He doesn’t worry about entitlement however. “We’ve been on the bottom of the barrel so long, just to have anybody in my generation or my family feel entitled means we’ve done something.” For more of the interview, including Cube’s real name, watch below: ## Transcript O'Shea Jackson is better known as Ice Cube. He's a rapper, he's a writer, he's an actor, he's a producer. He's here with us at Time to talk, among other things, about his new movie 22 Jump Street. Mister Cube, welcome. Thank you. So, 22 Jump Street is the second of two movies this year in which you play a cop. Mm- hm How do you research your cop roles? Just think about all the cops that messed with me and my friends growing up. And think about all the stupid stuff they said to us and put it in a movie. When did you first introduce your music to your kids? Man my kids was listening to my music young. You know, as young as they can sit in a car and roll with me and I'm, if I'm listening to my demo, they listening to my demo. Okay, so that's my kids too. And now my kids have terrible language. Do your kids have terrible language? Sometimes, but, you know, all kids got crazy language. You know, they talk a different language. You know, as long as they can get it together when it's time. I'm fine with that. So, you are, you are fine with whatever they want to say in the house, you don't say. No, no, no. No bad words in the house. My thing is, you know, I know kids cuss. You know, they do their thing, but I tell my kids, don't do it in earshot of any adults or you are in trouble. So do, does your scary face work on your kids? Do you start with a, yeah. And they, and they really listen? Yeah. So I want to talk a little bit about your upcoming album, Everythang is Corrupt. Yes. You sing, I think I'm gonna get this line wrong, but it's something like, I'm squeezing Lincoln so hard that boogers come out of his nose. Right? [ LAUGH ] I'm, I'm squeezing the penny so hard. A booger came out of Lincoln's nose. How can you, how can you sing that song? Easy. And be so. But you're so wealthy, you're so successful. I've never just sung for me. I never just rap for me. If I just rap for me, then I would be off somewhere on a island somewhere, you know, just happy with myself. You know, but I, I rap for people who can't rap, and people who can't say these things, people who goin through it. So, you know, I'm rapping as much for the people that's still goin through it even more than I am for myself. I'm Time Magazine, so I have to ask a political question. How do you think the Obama presidency is going? I think it's great with all the obstacles. You know, I mean, you couldn't ask for more. You know, Obama reminds me of, you know, the, the black kid at a white school that don't nobody want to play with, you know, and that's fine. You know, he's going there and he do his thing and do what he can. And I think he's, to me, done the best job a, a man in his position could do under the circumstances. You're a wealthy and connected guy, you get hit up for political donations a lot? Sometimes, but you know, I'm not really into, I'm not into the political game, you know, as far as paying politicians and stuff like that. I'm not into, into that. You know, I'm into, you know, you do your job and I'll do mine. What was your first car? My first car was a 1969 Bug Volkswagen. So, you were actually born. I was born in '69. Best year, best position. [ LAUGH ]. And was it a quality car, did it last for you? Man, I loved that car. I loved it. It got wrecked though. A lady hit me in, in Phoenix. But. It was cool up until then. Do you ever wish you could go back and choose a warmer name? Nu- uh. Nah, nah, nah, Ice Cube is who I am. You know, that's, I'm cool as ice cubes, so, it's a perfect name. What about a less square name? No, no. Ice sphere. I'm not really a square, I'm a cube. Now you do know a cube is a square in three dimensions, right? Three dimension is the key. I'm coming at you in 3D. I've just been schooled. Mm- hm. Mr. Cube, thank you so much. 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