Frozen in time: why does nobody want to hear Ice Cube rap any more?

The man responsible for some of the biggest rap records of the 20th century seems out of time next to controversial new acts like XXXTentacion and 6ix9ineOnce upon a time, it would have been a case of, “Oh! Ice Cube has a new album coming out!” Now, it’s more a case of, “Oh, Ice Cube has a new album coming out?” Because, really, the days of O’Shea Jackson Sr as a vital and vibrant recording artist basically ended with 1993’s Lethal Injection, following t