Features : Ice Cube Stranded In Australia Hotel Due To Massive Storm

Ice Cube found himself stuck in his hotel while in Australia when Cyclone Alfred made its way toward the area he was staying in.

Down Under for a series of performances, Cube talked to Australia-based show The Project on Wednesday (March 5) and revealed he found the tropical storm quite interesting.

“I’m staying clear of it. It’s pretty cool,” he said. “I haven’t been through a cyclone before. I can check this off my bucket list for sure. You know, I’m right here on the beach. The beach looks like it is going to be in the lobby in a minute.”

Should it not get cancelled, the legendary rapper will hit Sydney’s ICC Theatre on Friday (March 7), then head to Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Sunday.

Green Day was also on the Gold Coast for a tour, but found their final show cancelled due to the weather.

In other Ice Cube news, he recently reflected on dissing Dr. Dre and the rest of N.W.A on his legendary diss track “No Vaseline.”

Speaking exclusively to HipHopDX, Cube was asked about his “stick to producing” jab at Dre and said with a laugh: “That was all I could do, was tell Dre to do what you do best. Get off the mic and leave me alone!, you know?”

He also discussed comparisons between the lyrics and Drake telling Metro Boomin to “shut your ho ass up and make some drums” on his own diss track “Family Matters.”

“I don’t know [if I inspired that line],” the gangsta rap pioneer admitted before giving props to his former groupmate and his latest album Missionary with Snoop Dogg.

“Dre is a formidable MC. Dre put out a record and everybody better run for cover ’cause the lyrics gonna be on point, the delivery gonna be on point, the music gonna be on point. He’s a formidable MC so I would never use that line [again].”

Elsewhere in the interview,  Cube heaped high praise on fellow California native Tyler, The Creator.

Asked for his thoughts on the Odd Future founder’s success, Cube said: “That’s L.A. That’s the L.A. people don’t know about — ultra creative individuals who won’t conform to the culture of gangbanging. They’re going to be themselves.”

He then drew a comparison between Tyler and a particularly legendary West Coast rap group: “He reminds me of, like, The Pharycde. Here’s another: the Black Eyed Peas come from here.

“You’re going to always have those groups who are going to stay down with their own style and their own flavor, and going to win with it. Because they’re not conforming, they’re not being what you want them to be; they’re being who they are. And you gotta salute that.”