Ice Cube Is OK With ‘Compton’ Snub Amid Oscar Diversity Woes

But not Ice Cube.

He said: “I’m not p****d. It’s the Oscars, they do what they do”, the 45-year-old rap veteran said. “Straight Outta Compton” wasn’t nominated for multiple Oscars when nominees were announced Thursday morning (Jan. 14).

The critically acclaimed “Straight Outta Compton” was a box-office smash, taking in $134.1 million in its first three weeks alone.

N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton caught a tough break from the Academy Awards this week after not landing a “Best Picture” nomination. No, not one was nominated for the movie industry’s highest honor. The people supported the movie. Number one at the box office, over $200 million (£139m) worldwide, you know? “I can’t be mad”. Then he did a pretty damn good earnest-sounding Steve Harvey in apology mode at the Miss Universe pageant – saying no it was his fault, he read it wrong. “We’re used to the industry, really, you know, looking down on us”. Even “Creed” and its Black director and Black lead actor got snubbed, with the only nomination going to Golden Globe victor Sylvester Stallone (who is, to be clear, also White).

Packer, who is known for making films centered on black characters (Think Like a Man, Ride Along), added, “To my Academy colleagues, WE HAVE TO DO BETTER”.

Indeed, Noah pointed out that one of the few black Oscar nominees this year is The Weeknd, up for best original song for his Fifty Shades of Grey track “Earned It”. It’s also unfair to the white actors, writers, producers and directors who gave everything they had to create career defining content only to have it marred by the fact that a lack of diversity calls into question the legitimacy of The Academy’s choices.