Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

Ice Cube Epically Claps Back After Elon Musk Shares Cringey Meme Mocking His Age

Ice Cube; Elon Musk
Santiago Felipe/Getty Images; Chesnot/Getty Images

The rapper was unamused by the X owner's cringey attempt at humor—and he shot back with a meme of his own.

Rapper and actor Ice Cube clapped back at billionaire Elon Musk who shared a meme mocking the rapper's age on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

It all started when Musk shared a meme featuring a picture of Ice Cube next to a glass of water with the caption:


“Remember Ice Cube? This is him now, feel old yet?”

You can see Musk's post below.

Ice Cube was unamused and swiftly fired back with a meme of his own showcasing X's former bird logo alongside an image of a dumpster fire, with the caption:

“Remember Twitter? This it now, feel stupid yet?”

You can see his post below.

Many applauded Ice Cube's response.



Musk's meme was prompted by another user who replied to one of the billionaire's posts with the same image—which Musk thought was hilarious.

The user, @greg16676935420, later posted that he'd "posted this innocent meme under one of Elon’s posts and now I accidentally started beef between" Musk and Ice Cube.

Ice Cube had previously called on Musk to "take off my shadow ban" after being accused of sharing a number of antisemitic pictures and posts, a fact he insisted was him simply him "telling my truth.”

The rapper's posts—which came under fire following a report by The Daily Beast—were made in 2020, well before Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion. However, they are an example of the hate speech that has continued to proliferate unchecked on the platform since Musk's takeover.

Musk, who has referred to himself as a "free speech absolutist," has played into complaints about "shadow bans," a persistent claim that alleged accounts owned by conservatives were showing up in a general search of the website but not automatically populating when typing their names in the drop-down bar.

Ice Cube has continued to share conspiracy theories and was recently criticized for statements he made during an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who aired the rapper's unsubstantiated claims about the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines.

More from People

Alex Cooper singing 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame'
@MBDChicago/Twitter (X)

'Call Her Daddy' Host Alex Cooper Gets Brutally Booed At Wrigley Field After Painfully Off-Key Singing

If there's one thing that all baseball fans can come together about, it's the importance of their traditions—and songs.

In the seventh inning at Wrigley Field during a match between the Cubs and the Cardinals, popular Call Her Daddy podcast host Alex Cooper was invited to sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and brought two backup dancers with her.

Keep ReadingShow less
Linda Yaccarino
Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

X CEO Resigns Day After AI Chatbot Grok Praised Hitler In Alarming Series Of Antisemitic Tweets

Linda Yaccarino—the former NBC Universal executive who later took the reins at X—stepped down as CEO of billionaire Elon Musk's platform after two years on the job just a day after Grok, the platform's AI chatbot, went on antisemitic rants and openly praised Adolf Hitler.

Grok issued deeply antisemitic responses on Tuesday following a reported software update that encouraged the bot to embrace what developers described as the “politically incorrect.” Taking that directive to heart, Grok responded with a series of disturbing posts that included praise for Hitler and even a statement expressing its aspiration to become a “digital version” of the Nazi leader.

Keep ReadingShow less
Black and white photo of a falling spider.
Photo by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash

People Divulge Their 'Rare' Phobias That People Refuse To Believe

I am a SEVERE claustrophobic.

I have struggled with this issue for decades.

Keep ReadingShow less
Ted Cruz
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

'The Onion' Rips Ted Cruz With Brutal Headline After Yet Another Vacation During Texas Disaster

The satirical news site The Onion had social media users cackling with its brutal headline mocking Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz for once again being out of the country when Texas was hit by another deadly natural disaster.

Cruz faced considerable national backlash after he flew to Cancún while millions of people went without food and water as a result of the February 2021 Texas power disaster. At least 246 people were killed directly or indirectly; some estimates suggested as many as 702 people were killed as a result of the crisis.

Keep ReadingShow less
Elon Musk and Grimes
Kevin Tachman/Getty Images for Vogue

Elon Musk's Ex Grimes Calls X Platform A 'Poison' And 'Theatre' After Social Media Hiatus

Claire Boucher—who performs and creates under her stage name Grimes, but prefers her birth name or just "C" offstage—recently returned to her musical persona's social media accounts after taking a hiatus for her own well-being.

Once extremely active, she noted on X in April:

Keep ReadingShow less