Ice Cube has proved, once and for all, past grievances with Dr Dre have been settled by signing to his label Aftermath. The two started out, of course, in NWA but publicly fell out when Cube left the group in 1989. In recent years the feud ended with the duo working together on occasional tracks and both appearing on the 2000 Up In Smoke Tour. The latest deal will see the two rappers working together on a regular basis.
"Two of the biggest masterminds in West Coast hip-hop are together again," Ice Cube said on announcing the deal. "Me signing to Aftermath was something that was kind of in the back in our minds for a while. We kind of felt around and saw if Dre would be interested in something like that. He was all the way with it. Once he was all the way with it, we just started working on putting the deal in place. We're in the process of making it work. Hopefully next year you'll see an album by Cube produced by Dr. Dre. I'm writing already, and Dre's doing music. He's also working on his album. We're trying to get both albums to come out around the same time. Tour together. Make it a big, full circle."
But Cube denied there were any thoughts of a NWA reunion: "As far as I know, that's not gonna happen no time soon.” Ice Cube is still relishing the success of his movie ‘Barbershop’ which has taken US cinemas by storm.