Trump adviser claims Ice Cube working with administration on plan for Black America

Rapper Ice Cube faced blowback this week after a Trump campaign adviser claimed the singer was working with the administration on its platform for African Americans.

Trump adviser Katrina Pierson tweeted Tuesday that the rapper was helping develop the administration’s “Platinum Plan,” which aims to bring $500 billion to Black America. 

“Shoutout to @icecube for his willingness to step up and work with @realDonaldTrump Administration to help develop the #PlatinumPlan,” Pierson tweeted. “Leaders gonna lead, haters gonna hate. Thank you for leading!” 

Shoutout to @icecube for his willingness to step up and work with @realDonaldTrump Administration to help develop the #PlatinumPlan

ICYMI: https://t.co/V0qOAp0lwR

Leaders gonna lead, haters gonna hate. Thank you for leading! ✊

— Katrina Pierson (@KatrinaPierson) October 13, 2020

Ice Cube responded on Wednesday, clarifying that both parties contacted him after he released his Contract with Black America, which seeks to address “the heart of racism” and present “a blueprint to achieve racial economic justice.”

The rapper said that Democrats told him they’d address the initiative after the election, while the Trump campaign made adjustments to its plan after speaking with him.

Facts: I put out the CWBA. Both parties contacted me. Dems said we’ll address the CWBA after the election. Trump campaign made some adjustments to their plan after talking to us about the CWBA.

— Ice Cube (@icecube) October 14, 2020

He also responded to a fan who claimed he was now “working with the darkside.” 

“Every side is the Darkside for us here in America. They’re all the same until something changes for us,” Ice Cube tweeted. “They all like and they all cheat but we can’t afford not to negotiate with whoever is in power or our condition in this country will never change. Our justice is bipartisan.”

Every side is the Darkside for us here in America. They’re all the same until something changes for us. They all lie and they all cheat but we can’t afford not to negotiate with whoever is in power or our condition in this country will never change. Our justice is bipartisan. https://t.co/xFIXXpOs8B

— Ice Cube (@icecube) October 14, 2020

In a video posted to his social media on Oct. 11, Ice Cube said that while Democrats had been nice to him, the Trump campaign had “put $500 billion on the table.” However, he claimed that he was only “spitting the truth” as he saw it. 

“I’m trying to get to the truth. I ain’t about to be part of nobody’s program. Nobody’s gonna get me to back down,” he said.

DON’T KILL THE MESSENGER #CWBA #ContractWithBlackAmerica pic.twitter.com/8NqthXp268

— Ice Cube (@icecube) October 11, 2020

Pierson’s tweet garnered backlash for Ice Cube, with some pointing out that the NWA rapper said he would “never endorse a mothaf—a like Donald Trump” in 2016. 

How it started. How it’s going.

Ice Cube, even capitalized EVER! pic.twitter.com/fTaxkSrv4p

— Black Professor (@WonderKing82) October 14, 2020

Good lord… how much are they paying Ice Cube??? How… does the guy from NWA become MAGA?

— roxane gay (@rgay) October 14, 2020

Ice Cube putting on the red hat is about to break me.

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) October 14, 2020

Did Ice Cube ask Trump to apologize for leading a lynch mob against the Central Park?

Did he ask him to apologize for spreading a racist lie about Pres. Obama’s birth certificate?

Did he ask him to apologize to the Black people beat up by police that followed Trump’s guidance? https://t.co/dMCC0auZa9

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) October 14, 2020