Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo rips ‘crap’ Ice Cube, Fat Joe World Series appearances: ‘Give me a baseball game!’

A radio legend just wants that watch some baseball.

Come on Game 2 of the World SeriesIn Compton, California, native and West Coast rap legend Ice Cube performed on the field of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, while two days later, New York native Fat Joe did the same at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.

Ice Cube’s performance received much more positive reviews than Fat Joe’s, but Chris “Mad Dog” Russo was not a fan of it either.

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“Last night I turned on the ball game… Listen, I don’t mind music. They could have Jackson Browne in LA playing ‘Running on Empty’ or Bruce (Springsteen) at Yankee Stadium playing ‘Rosalita’ before the game, but give me the baseball game for crying out loud!” Russo said Wednesday on ESPN’s “First Take,” via the New York Post.

“The game started at 8:18! I don’t want anyone,” he continued. “Stop the Super Bowl! That’s at halftime. Stop the NBA! That’s at halftime. It’s a baseball game. Let me sit there and watch the ball game! It starts at 8:18 a.m. It should be at 8:08 a.m. have to start.” , but it’s 8:18. I have to go to bed and (get up early to) work with these clowns!

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“I want (Joe) DiMaggio, (Mickey) Mantle, (Babe) Ruth and (Lou) Gehrig! It’s all I want! Give me a baseball game! The music is crap. Same in LA!” he added.

Ice Cube performed “Bow Down,” where he pulled a prank on the Yankees, and also performed his classic “It Was a Good Day,” while also honoring late LA sports legends Kobe Bryant and Fernando Valenzuela. Fat Joe sang excerpts from “Lean Back,” “New York” and “All the Way Up,” taking out the Dodgers.

It’s not the first time artists from the respective cities have performed ahead of the Fall Classic – Jay-Z and Alicia Keys performed “Empire State of Mind” before Game 2 of the 2009 World Series, while Philadelphia-based rapper Meek Mill performed . Dreams and Nightmares” ahead of the 2022 World Series between the Phillies and Houston Astros.

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Fellow rap mogul Ashanti from New York also sang the national anthem beforehand Game 4 at Yankee Stadium.

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