Rapper/Are We There Yet? star/writer of lines like, “I once knew a bitch who got slapped / ‘Cause she played me like she was all that” Ice Cube reflects on the misogyny he and his former group N.W.A. have been accused of in Rolling Stone’s next cover story, on stands Friday. In a preview post on Rolling Stone’s website, his musing comes under the bolded heading “Cube laughs off N.W.A’s lyrical treatment of women (which, to be fair, got way worse after he left the group).” Cube’s quote is (and I hope you’re ready to laugh along with this nice man):

If you’re a bitch, you’re probably not going to like us. If you’re a ho, you probably don’t like us. If you’re not a ho or a bitch, don’t be jumping to the defense of these despicable females. Just like I shouldn’t be jumping to the defense of no punks or no cowards or no slimy son of a bitches that’s men. I never understood why an upstanding lady would even think we’re talking about her.

Got that ladies? Be upstanding and you’ll have no problems with Ice Cube, including the problems of being labeled a bitch and/or a hoe.* Kinda makes you want to dash out to see the movie this man produced about his life, Straight Outta Compton, doesn’t it?

Also in the story (and uh, completely related to the misogynistic culture endorsed by N.W.A.), Dr. Dre discusses his history of abusing women, including journalist Dee Barnes, whose face he repeatedly bashed against a wall in 1991:

I made some fucking horrible mistakes in my life. I was young, fucking stupid. I would say all the allegations aren’t true – some of them are. Those are some of the things that I would like to take back. It was really fucked up. But I paid for those mistakes, and there’s no way in hell that I will ever make another mistake like that again.

Have you paid, though Dre? Have you really paid?

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