Bewilderment in Black Community Over Ice Cube’s Overture to Pres. Trump

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Bewilderment in Black Community Over Ice Cube’s Overture to Pres. Trump

Sean Broadus and his brother Evan Broadus live near the Gilbert Lindsay Community Center in South Central, Los Angeles, less than 20 minutes from where their idol, Ice Cube, grew up. Both are having a hard time processing the hip-hop icon’s revelation that he’s working with Pres. Donald Trump’s re-election campaign on what Cube calls […]

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