Ludacris, 50 Cent & Ice Cube vs. Oprah

A battle with Oprah Winfrey is usually fruitless as the talk show queen and her Harpo productions is a difficult entertainment conglomerate to defeat.

Oprah Under Assault from Rappers

But a new report details that Ice Cube is set to join Ludacris and 50 Cent in the chorus of criticism from rappers against the talk show queen, reports People Magazine.

Ice Cube tells FHM magazine: "I've been involved in three projects pitched to her, but I've never been asked to participate."

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The rapper-actor (real name: O'Shea Jackson), 36, says of his 2002 snub, "For Barbershop she had Cedric the Entertainer and Eve on, but I wasn't invited. Maybe she's got a problem with hip-hop."

A spokesman for Harpo, Winfrey's production company, told the Associated Press that Winfrey would not respond directly to Ice Cube's remarks.

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People Mag notes the heat is building on Oprah from the rappers:

--Recently, 50 Cent (real name: Curtis Jackson), complained that Winfrey "caters to old white women" and rarely invites rappers on her show.

--Ludacris (real name: Chris Bridges) told GQ magazine that the media mogul was "unfair" to him during a show he appeared on last October with costars from Best Picture Oscar winner Crash.

-- Questioning Winfrey's booking policy, Cube also says: "She's had damn rapists, child molesters and lying authors on her show. And if I'm not a rags-to-riches story for her, who is?"

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Is this an epic battle? Hip-Hop vs. Oprah?  It certainly could turn into one. 

But again - fighting Oprah is a bit like fighting City Hall.

--Angela Carson