Actor and rapper Ice cube allegedly dropped out of Sony’s comedy “Oh Hell No” after producers demanded that the entire cast get a vaccine against COVID-19, sources he told the Hollywood Reporter.
With the alleged rejection of the footage, the “Friday” star moved away from a $ 9 million salary and winter filming in Hawaii with teammate Jack Black.
HuffPost contacted Ice Cube and Sony for confirmation and comment, but they did not respond immediately.
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Ice Cube publicly advocated wearing masks during the pandemic. In August, Bacone College thanked the NWA artist for donating 2,000 face masks to the school. In April 2020, Ice Cube launched »Check Yo Self before you break Yo Self”T-shirt brands that had his pictures with a mask on them. The rapper said on Instagram that 100% of the revenue from the sale of T-shirts goes to healthcare professionals.
Later in 2020, she was a hip-hop star criticized for working with then-President Donald Trump on his »platinum plan, ”Which would label the Ku Klux Klan terrorist organizations, as well as anti-fascist or“ antifa ”groups. Many saw the plan as an attempt by Trump to win over black Americans ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
But the “Barbershop” star continued to defend his work with Trump Twitter, which says both Republicans and Democrats turned to him after he announced a plan to address racial inequality in early 2020 called the Treaty with Black America.
“Dems said we will turn to the CWBA after the election,” Ice Cube tweeted. “Trump’s campaign has made some adjustments to its plan after talking to us about the CWBA.”
Ice Cube also recently left the boxing drama “Flint Strong,” directed by Oscar-nominated cameraman Rachel Morrison for the film “Mudbound” and written by Barry Jenkins, THR reports. It is not clear, however, what prompted his departure.
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