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giovedì 18 settembre 2025

SHORT FILM 🎬 Ice Cube 【🎧】Before Hip Hop

Released on: September 5, 2025

Director: Gabriel Hart a/k/a VIDEO GOD

Director of Photography (DP): Karim Belkasemi

2nd Unit DP: Isabel Mazzolini

Editor: Turbine Post

Colorist: Bryan Smaller for Company 3

Producer: Dylan Palley

VFX: Legal Graffiti

Intro: H Wang Production

Company: VIDEO GOD, LLC

Executed by: Ice Cube

You killed my brotherMy main manI loved this dude, babyI want revenge (yeah)Ah, I want revenge (yeah)He was my only brother (yeah, shit)He was like my main manI loved him, I-I loved him, my brother

Before hip-hop, niggas got shotBefore hip-hop, niggas smoked rocksBefore hip-hop, my uncle had a dropBefore hip-hop, homies stood on the blockBefore hip-hop, people smoked weedBefore hip-hop, I'll get you what you needBefore hip-hop, pimping was goneBefore hip-hop, bitches was on

My style is hostile, your style is docileI pull them Glock's outForgot to box outI grab the reboundI claim to be downThe guppy, he drown'Cause homies declineMy pronouns will throw roundsHeartbeats will slowed down (yeah)Where's the showdown?Your hood is a ghost townI'm a ghostbuster, hit you with the whole clusterTurn you into muster, general custerChief blackfoot, kick a black rock'Cause somehow they responsible for crack rockSomehow they wanna blame it on hip-hopBefore I could talk, they used to crip walkThey used to roll diceThey used to flash iceFuck with a chick, she'll cut your ass twiceThey used to pay the priceThey used to go to jailHip-hop ain't the reason why we catching hell

Before hip-hop, girls got knockedBefore hip-hop, that pussy used to popBefore hip-hop, they was on mollyBefore hip-hop, niggas caught a body

I loved him (hm, shit)And-and he was my only brother (yeah, right)He was like my main manI loved him, I loved him

They tell you and me it was lots of unity in the black communityThat shit is lunacyThey tried to ruin me, got me for my jewelryWhat they did to me, police got immunityEarly 70's got him for his leather pieceKhakis hella creased, it was lots of jealousyBoys' bathroom was like a platoonThe girls' bathroom was like a saloonSquabbles all year, September to JuneNiggas on weed, water and 'shroomsNiggas OD'd, had gangs and goonsDown the center coon (soon), straight to the moonNiggas would holler, "Give me a dollar, nigga"He wanted more than a dollar, didn't take no scholarYeah, motherfuckers had the Chevy ImpalaAnd they crashed out like, "Fuck you, your honor" (fuck you, your honor)It all happened before they start rappingIf they say I'm lying, motherfuckers is cappingNiggas be crying like they was the captainBut I don't give a fuck, hand that bitch a napkin

They mad at the mirror, but the mirror don't lieBefore hip-hop, it was a drive-byBefore hip-hop, niggas used to dieBefore hip-hop, mamas used to cryThey mad at the mirror, but the mirror don't lieBefore hip-hop, it was a drive-byBefore hip-hop, niggas used to dieBefore hip-hop, mamas used to cry

Before hip-hop (now-now listen)Before hip-hop (now-now-now listen) (yeah)Before hip-hop (now-now listen)

They mad at the mirror, but the mirror don't lieBefore hip-hop, it was a drive-byBefore hip-hop, niggas used to dieBefore hip-hop, mamas used to cry (now-now listen)