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“You can’t boycott something that you never went to anyway,” said the Straight Outta Compton producer. “That’s kinda weird. I look at it like a horse race. Once your horse loses the race, you tear up the ticket, go home. Back on out. … We don’t do movies for the industry, we do movies for the fans, for the people. And you now, the industry, if they give you a trophy or not, or they pat you on the back or not, it’s nice but it’s not something you should dwell on.”

The 46-year-old rapper added that his own film, which is up for Best Original Screenplay, reached its goal simply by reaching a wide swath of viewers.


"I think an older generation got an understanding of why we do that kind of music, and the younger generation got a history lesson, and we got so much praise for the movie, it’s like how could you be mad because one other academy or guild or anybody didn’t say it’s the number one?” Ice Cube added. “It’s crying about not having enough icing on your cake. It’s just ridiculous.”

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