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Ice Cube Releases 'Man Up,' A Political Companion to 2024's 'Man Down'

The 14-track set rebukes claims that rap causes social ills through blunt social commentary.

Overview

  • Man Up was released Sept. 12, 2025 via Lench Mob Records and Hitmaker and is available to stream now.
  • Ice Cube frames the project around accountability and truth to power, asserting that hip hop documents rather than creates societal problems.
  • The album’s 14 tracks include features from Scarface on “Act My Age” and fan-verse contest winner Quake Matthews on “It’s My Ego 3Mix.”
  • “California Dreamin’” flips Patrice Rushen’s 1982 “Forget Me Nots,” marking one of the project’s notable sample choices.
  • A Four Decades of Attitude arena tour is scheduled to start Sept. 16 in Denver, with announced stops in Seattle, Oakland, Los Angeles, Glendale, Chicago, Toronto, Atlanta, Austin and Houston.