In a new Westside Connection record Ice Cube has responded to reports that Samuel L. Jackson made disparaging comments about rappers trying to become actors. He raps: "You can tell Samuel L. I'm'a keep acting." And there's rapped criticism for another Jackson - Jesse - who, along with the Rev Al Sharpton, publicly complained about a scene in Cube's film 'Barbershop' in which a character makes light of Rosa Parks' contribution to the civil rights movement. Ice Cube says (making reference to Jackson's admission he fathered a child out of wedlock): "You can even tell that muthafuckin' Jesse Jackson/ Pay your child support/ Keep your payments up/ Put a rubber on."
S Jackon's people are yet to comment, but J Jackson's people told MTV: "We are in America, and thank God we're in a country where we have an option to speak our opinions. It's unfortunate that Ice Cube chooses to use that freedom in a negative fashion and to have disparaging remarks versus a man who has fought for civil rights in this country for almost 40 years."
The track is called 'Lights Out' and will appear on a new compliation called 'Ghetto, Gutta and Gangster', out in May.