Ice Cube

Ice Cube says “We love you, Cincinnati,” then vanishes before the beat drops

Amid the crowd’s rising energy at Cincinnati Music Festival 2025, Ice Cube curiously interrupts the program—only to deliver a brief nod to the city before handing the stage to Earth, Wind & Fire.

The rapper doesn’t perform, doesn’t linger, just offers his “We love you, Cincinnati” and casually exits, having turned a seamless transition into a moment of vaguely theatrical intrigue.

Ice Cube battles aliens—and Amazon’s UI—in War of the Worlds flop with 0% score

Ice Cube’s remake of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds arrives with a 0% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes and a less-than-enthusiastic 14% from audiences. The Amazon Prime production, directed by Rich Lee, features Cube as a Homeland Security analyst navigating a digital alien invasion—mostly by staring grimly at laptops.

Critics unfavorably compare it to an extended Amazon ad, with Variety’s review highlighting its promotional tone and The Telegraph raising eyebrows at Cube’s constipated screen presence. O'Shea Jackson Jr. coolly notes it was shot mid-pandemic—released five years late.