Is January 20th, 1992 the Day Ice Cube Was Talking About in His 1993 Song “It Was a Good Day”?

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Did ICE CUBE have a good day on January 20th, 1992?  Yes . . . claims some random dude named Donovan, who’s probably never even met Ice Cube.

“Donovan” analyzed the lyrics of Cube’s 1993 song “It Was a Good Day”, until he determined the exact day that the song was about.

According to his research, January 20th, 1992 is the only day where:

1.)  “Yo! MTV Raps” was on air.

2.)  It was a clear and smogless day in Los Angeles.

3.)  Beepers were commercially available.

4.)  The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Seattle SuperSonics.

5.)  And Ice Cube had no events to attend, and was free to chill.

Fortunately, this guy “showed his work.”  If you’d like to see the breakdown of his thought-process, hit up MurkAvenue.tumblr.com.  WARNING:  Contains UNCENSORED PROFANITY.)

Ice Cube has not responded.

But back in the day, he had this to say about the song:  Quote, “The inspiration was my life at the time . . . I was at the top of the rap game.  It was the summer of ’92 and I was in a hotel room, really in a state of euphoria.

“I had all the money I had dreamed of.  I was in a good frame of mind.  And I remember thinking, ‘Okay, there’s been the riots, people know I will deal with that.  That’s a given.  But I rap all this gangsta stuff, what about all the good days I had?”