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Ice Cube Answers Why Black Women Aren’t Included In “Contract With Black America”

After taking heavy hits from the American public, Ice Cube has been on a publicity tour to clarify his involvement with the Trump administration. We’ve witnessed as the rap legend has stood accused of endorsing or partnering with Trump for Cube’s “Contract With Black America.” Despite the Republican Party openly thanking Cube for his support, the rap mogul has made it clear that he doesn’t support the 45th President of the United States. He also stated that both campaigns, Trump and Biden’s, reached out to him, but while Biden wanted to wait until after the election to discuss the “Contract With Black America,” Trump’s team wanted to connect immediately.

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Ice Cube talked about his initiative with the ladies of Cocktails with Queens, including his Player’s Club friend LisaRaye McCoy. During the discussion, the women wanted to know why Cube didn’t include Black women in his “Contract With Black America.” Cube said, “You are mentioned. When you mention Black people you mentioning Black women, so don’t count yourself out.”

This caused everyone to talk over one another as some of the women disagreed while Cube stuck to his guns. He told them they could write something up if they wanted, but Claudia Jordan told him that because he took on the responsibility to write up the “CWBA,” he should amend it. “I’ll write up the Black woman’s part of the contract for you,” stated Cube.

“You guys are the experts, but here we go again. Just want to talk, nobody want to help me, but y’all the experts on Black women so why won’t y’all help me. That’s the problem.” Check out Ice Cube’s appearance below.

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Kyle Ashen’s sun-drenched recollection with new release “That Local Girl”

Kyle Ashen’s latest release, “That Local Girl,” is a gorgeous trip down memory lane, a country single that explores that golden glow of memory, like flipping through old photographs touched by salt air and summer sunlight. It’s warm, cinematic, and deeply relatable, a song about the kind of love story that never quite goes away, even as time moves on.

“That Local Girl” is filled with imagery that quickly takes the listener into a world they can walk right into. You got a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl on a boardwalk street by the ocean, a souped-up truck driving through town, neon lights reflecting off the ocean breeze, and the electric innocence of young love burning in the background.

But under all that cutesy trapping is something more than that, longing. Some people, some places that leave permanent marks on Kyle Ashen and us know that. What’s so brilliant about this song is that it marries those two ideas, making love and hometown memory feel beautifully inseparable. Sometimes you miss a person. And with that person, you miss an entire version of life. “That Local Girl” is more than a country love song from Kyle Ashen. He is a living postcard from the past, sun-faded, bittersweet, and glowing with feeling. A reminder that summers pass by, but some memories stay with us forever.

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ECHOFLIP inspires faith and fire with triumphant anthem on “Kingdom Rise”

ECHOFLIP marches forward with commanding purpose on “Kingdom Rise,” a single that not only demands attention but also commands it. Driven by pounding drums, soaring melodic textures, and full-conviction lyricism, the song arrives like a battle cry with the heart of worship. Bold and energized and spiritually charged from beginning to end.

“Kingdom Rise” is street realism meets kingdom vision at its heart. It’s got grit in its pulse but grace in its message as well. Each bar rings with resilience with ECHOFLIP, a record that embodies struggle, perseverance, and steadfast faith in the face of adversity. The result is music that is rooted in reality while reaching for something much larger.

What makes the single particularly compelling is how seamlessly it combines high-energy Christian trap with uplifting spiritual themes. The hard-hitting production has edge and urgency, and its faith-centered focus gives it soul. It’s motivational without being pushy. Worshipful without momentum loss, without losing authenticity. Ideal for trap gospel, inspirational rap, and urban playlists that aim to uplift as much as energize, “Kingdom Rise” delivers on all fronts. It moves the body, it sharpens the mind, it stirs the soul.

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