Historic Interviews 🎤 on Instagram: "Ice Cube’s permanently angry expression became one of hip-hop’s most recognizable trademarks—but it wasn’t an act. From his early days with N.W.A., Cube carried the weight of a generation: police brutality, poverty, and the reality of growing up in South Central Los Angeles. That intensity shaped his music, his interviews, and the look that made people ask why he was “always mad.” The truth is simple—he wasn’t performing. He was reflecting where he came from