Rapper Ice Cube was a panelist on "Real Time" a week after Bill Maher used the n-word on the show. Here's what Ice Cube had to say, plus how other entertainers viewed the controversy. Actor-rapper Ice Cube didn’t seem to hold back, telling Maher that he and white people shouldn’t get too comfortable with saying the n-word, even if done without a hint of racism. “What made you think that it was cool to say that?” Ice Cube asked. [Bill Maher says he is ‘very sorry’ for using a racial slur on his HBO show]Though he accepted the apology, Ice Cube dished out many reasons he felt Maher’s behavior was so problematic.

Source: Washington Post June 10, 2017 14:42 UTC