Ice Cube says WAGMI - and a bunch of other stuff too (a Defiant Bonus Podcast style NFT show)

I got to interview Ice Cube. It was one of those pinch yourself moments. But we mustn't forget, this is just a man and so I treated the conversation as such. No fangirling, just get into it on NFTs, his legacy and what he wants to achieve in this space.

And yeah, I know we covered some of this ground in the big special episode. But this is Cube and he's earned this. Trevor Jones is the artist he picked and having the two on the same Zoom chat was surreal in the extreme.

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00:00 Intro
00:50 Sponsors
02:36 Introducing
02:59 My kids laugh at Cube
04:10 Why do an NFT?
06:50 Cube dissatisfaction with most of what he saw in the space
09:55 Trevor on receiving a call from Ice Cube
11:49 Was Trevor a fan growing up?
12:48 Violet Jones and growing up with Cube in post communist Poland
15:35 Then the fear kicked in
17:03 Cube on the need to speak up
18:26 Stepping up and being a valid contributor
19:48 Common ground
22:16 Themes
23:15 Feel the bite
24:42 SuperHero
26:05 Home boys hate you
27:31 AI generated artwork
27:57 Trevor on true collaboration
30:48 The concept
33:09 The process of creating the pieces
34:22 Cube sent photos by mail
35:36 Mashup of physical and digital, old and new
36:55 Speak up - explained
37:57 Cube on keeping his old notebooks
40:10 Cube's education in blockchain
41:21 No rules yet in this space
42:57 Schooling Cube in the art of saying GM
43:46 WGMI (baby)
43:59 Can art still make a message heard?
45:51 Will they work together again?
46:50 Finding a new audience
47:59 Staying Defiant
48:40 How was it working with Cube

Special thanks to Ice Cube, Violet Jones, Sean Bannon, Josh Kun and Jeff Kwatinetz

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