Ice Dice on feud with Kanye West and AI: ‘That is the start of the top’

Ice Dice tackles a variety of matters — together with Kanye West’s antisemitic feedback and his supposed feud with the rapper — in an interview on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” airing Monday at 8 p.m., on TalkTV.

“We had been all the time cool,” stated Ice Dice of his relationship with West, talking out about their dynamic for the primary time because the two were spotted together in early June.

Ice Dice has attracted controversy for allegedly being a source of inspiration for Kanye West’s antisemitic remarks. Ice Cube has denied that.

Morgan, 58, requested Ice Dice, 54, concerning the present state of his relationship with West, 46, who now goes by Ye.

“He spoke my title with out actually explaining what he meant, and I couldn’t go away that assertion on the market with out … I needed to rebut that. However since then, we’ve talked. I feel Ye understands that generalizing will all the time get you in additional sizzling water than being very particular.”

Ye was named the 2022 antisemite of the yr by a watchdog group after his antisemitic rants on social media went viral and he praised Hitler and Nazis in a track. 

His ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, slammed his feedback.

Ice Dice has himself shared antisemitic photos on social media up to now.

When Morgan requested about Ye’s present situation, Ice Dice stated, “I consider he’s doing nice. He’s nonetheless coping with some folks attempting to carry onto his cash,” he stated, with out specifying whether or not he meant the Kardashians.

“However for essentially the most half, I consider he’s in a superb area. I feel he’s realized lots from this previous yr. And hopefully he’ll come out higher on the opposite aspect.”

Concerning cancel tradition typically, Ice Dice stated, “I feel individuals are very polarized in every kind of the way. Individuals are afraid to talk out, due to the tradition that we now have at the moment. So I simply suppose individuals are … operating to their corners.” 

The way in which to get round this social concern, he stated, is to say no matter you need. 

“And to hell with the results. You’ve obtained to be keen to combat for what you consider in. Should you’re an individual who believes in freedom of speech, it’s important to say what you are feeling and let the chips fall the place they might, and stand on that. It might not be a straightforward street. However I feel you’d really feel higher about your self while you say what must be stated on the time it must be stated, and never afterwards.”

When Morgan requested what Ice Dice thought of Kanye’s antisemitic remarks, Ice Dice didn’t condemn them.

“I felt that if he was actually upset with particular folks, the message he was saying would hijack what he’s actually upset about. That’s form of what occurred,” he stated. “You simply can’t generalize, it’s important to be particular, particularly for those who’re speaking about any race of individuals. It’s important to be particular on who precisely you’re speaking about.”

They didn’t tackle Ye’s embrace of MAGA and Donald Trump, however Ice Dice stated that he’s an Unbiased and hasn’t determined who he’ll vote for within the subsequent election.

He additionally stated that in contrast to Ye, he’d by no means need to run for President.

The interview additionally addressed the hot-button concern of the usage of AI, particularly in music. Ice Dice slammed it as “horrible.”

“I feel it’s gonna make folks lazier, much less inventive,” he stated.

“Are you able to think about as an actor if I made a decision to not do a sequel, and the film firm stated, ‘We’ve the rights to your likeness, we’re going to place you on this sequel whether or not you need to be or not.’ Now there’s AI to place Ice Dice in a film I don’t need to be in, saying issues I don’t need to say, doing issues I wouldn’t do. So to me, that’s horrible. Or taking an artist that’s handed away, and having them do a brand new track, with lyrics they might not agree with. It’s a slippery slope that can damage us greater than it should assist us.

“In each science fiction film, that is the start of the top.”

The interview airs tonight on TalkTV at 8 p.m.