The frozen rapper can say what he likes, but he low balled everyone for the sequel which is why the comic actor went elsewhere.

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Ice Cube Addresses Low Pay Allegations For ‘Friday,’ Why Chris Tucker Didn’t Return For ‘Next Friday’

Ice Cube is setting the record straight about whether actors in the 1995 comedy classic Friday were paid fairly after he was accused online of underpaying them.

His co-star Faizon Love, who played the character Big Worm in the movie, gave a recent interview to Comedy Hype in which he claimed he was paid only $2,500 for his role in Friday. “It wasn’t about the money then,” Love said while arguing that playing Big Worm allowed him to get work in Hollywood. He added, “Hell no, hell no! You can’t be, you can’t” when asked if he felt “bitter” about his pay.

But he later confirmed that money was the reason why he turned down the offer to reprise his role in the sequel Next Friday. “They wanted to give me double scale. So scale was $2,500, right? So double scale was $5,000,” Love broke down. “The day after I said ‘No,’ I got a call to do a film for Warner Brothers called [The] Replacements, and they paid me $100,000. So I ain’t crazy.” – Source

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