O'Shea Jackson, also known as Ice Cube, was ranked #8 on mtv's top ten greatest MC's of all time. In his music video ,"Everything's Corrupt", he portrays through just the title that Everything is corrupt. According to the Websters Dictionary, it describes corrupt as,"having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain." In the lyrics of the music video,Ice Cube says "for my birthday, buy me a politician". Politicians are often bought off by corporate companies. Corporate Companies pay politicians to pass certain laws that will benefit their company. The video illustrates actual footage to use as evidence of what he is singing about in his lyrics. Ice cube does an excellent job showing you that everything is corrupt, an excellent job explaining everything is corrupt through actual text on the video, and an excellent job spreading his message through his lyrics. This is more than just music, It is reality.








