Ice Cube Explains How Mr. Rogers Got Paid From Gangsta Rap

Ice Cube tossed out a couple of interesting facts about his Amerikkka's Most Wanted track "Gangsta's Fairytale" during an IG Live session.

According to Cube, the track was originally for Eazy-E, but then they had their notorious N.W.A. falling out.  He then explained how "Gangsta's Fairytale" lined the pockets of legendary children's TV personality, Mr. Rogers.

 

 

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"I actually wrote this for Eazy-E," Cube explained. "But ya'll know what it is, we wasn't getting down at the time so I had to take it myself...It's a trip because off this song, Mr. Rogers sued us. He was mad cause we had the Mr. Rogers theme at the beginning of this sh*t. It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood and all that. The n***a sued us, and was getting five cents a record until we took that part off."

So if you remember Neighborhood of Make-Believe's ruler King Friday XIII's crown getting a little shinier around 1990, now you know why.