Ice Cube was a guest on Tucker Carlson's Twitter show.

During his interview, Cube drove Carlson through South Central L.A., pointing out his old stomping grounds and chatting with Carlson about why he didn't take the covid vaccine and his issues with the NBA.

Ice Cube on the COVID Vaccine: "It Wasn't Ready."

After Carlson insists that Americans had a "direct order" to take the vaccine Cube replied, “Yeah, I’m not real good with direct orders. […] No, it wasn’t ready. You know, it was six-month kind of rush job and I didn’t feel safe.”

Carlson interrupted, “But they told you you were safe,” and Cube responded, “I know what they said [laughs]. I know what they said, and I heard them. I heard them loud and clear, but it’s not their decision. There’s no repercussions if they’re wrong, but I can get all the repercussions if they’re wrong.”

Carlson then asked if the choice was tough. “No, it wasn’t a tough call. I wanted to be an example for my kids, really make sure they wouldn’t take it either, show them that I want to stand on my convictions and that I was willing to lose $9 million and more because we’ve probably lost more since then," Cube said.

Cube previously talked about losing $9 million in an interview last year. "I turned down a movie because I didn’t want to get the motherf*cking jab. I turned down $9 million. I didn’t want get the jab. F*ck that jab. F*ck ya’ll for trying to make me get it. I don’t know how Hollywood feels about me right now.”

Ice Cube on his issues with the NBA

Cube has been vocal about his issues with the NBA for a while now, namely criticizing them for their lack of support of his league, The Big 3. On Carlson's show, he said, "The NBA is full of great slogans and they write 'Black lives matter' on the court and they do all things but [they're] pretty full of shit when the rebel meets the road."

Cube was guest on Joe Rogan this summer, and again expressed his discontent with the league's lack of support of the Big 3.

"We are not trying to compete in any way shape or form with the NBA," he said. "We are very complimentary, so I don't understand why they would do some of what they are doing behind the scenes. Encouraging people to not sponsor us and networks not to play us. With those things, we've been able to survive, but at a certain point it's redundant and ridiculous and we have to fight back in some way shape or form."

As for what the NBA has done for the Black community, in 2020, following the murder of George Floyd, the NBA announced it would donate $300 million over the next decade to Black empowerment. Specifically, all 30 NBA teams will donate $1 million each, per year for 10 years. They'll also increase “access and support for high school, college-aged and career-ready Black men and women,” and the foundation will also assist local and national organizations that provide mentorship, training and coaching in NBA markets across the U.S. and Canada. According to Statista, in the 2021/22 season, all 30 NBA teams combined generated revenues of just over $10 billion.

You can check out Cube's entire interview with Carlson below.