photo by l a weekly
Twenty-two years after claiming that he saw the phrase “Ice Cube’s a pimp” on the iconic Goodyear blimp, hip-hop superstar and actor Ice Cube got to realize his longtime dream. Cube’s name appeared on the Goodyear blimp as part of a fundraiser for the organization, A Place Called Home.
Three friends used the crowd funding site called Crowdtilt to pledge to raise $25,000 for the charity if Goodyear and Ice Cube would participate in the event. A Place Called Home helps to provide after school, weekend and summer programs for children and teens in South Central Los Angeles.
Since this was for the kids, the “pimp” reference was understandably omitted from the blimp, but nonetheless, the Goodyear Blimp had a Cube-friendly message on Monday. Ice Cube and students from APCH met up at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Blimp Base in Gardena, Calif., to see the takeoff.
“I knew this song had legs when we did it, and it’s actually my most popular song,” Ice Cube said. “I never knew that 20 years later, people would still be this interested in the song and the lyrics, and that the song would do something this special for some good kids.”
