Ice Cube has been under fire after Fazion Love revealed he only got $2500 to play Big Worm on Friday.
Chris Tucker had already revealed he was just paid 10K to play Smokey in the hit film.
Yesterday, Michael Blackson came to Cube's defense. Blackson was featured in Next Friday, and while he barely got paid, he did get non-monetary compensation.
@icecube is not to blamed for us getting paid so little it’s the film industry’s pay scale. I got paid $800 a day when I did Next Friday plus overtime I made $1200 for my one day’s work of “I can’t get giggy with this shit”Thanks to next Friday I became the biggest African comic
— Michael Blackson (@MichaelBlackson) December 29, 2021
When I film my movie I’m paying new actors in food and coochie, that’s my minimum wage modasucka
— Michael Blackson (@MichaelBlackson) December 29, 2021
"@icecube is not to blamed for us getting paid so little it’s the film industry’s pay scale. I got paid $800 a day when I did Next Friday plus overtime I made $1200 for my one day’s work of “I can’t get giggy with this sh*t”Thanks to next Friday I became the biggest African comic," Blackson typed. "When I film my movie I’m paying new actors in food and coochie, that’s my minimum wage modasucka."
Not the most robust defense, but that's where we are.