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Today is a good day for the South L.A. kids of charity group A Place Called Home. As part of a fundraiser to donate money to the nonprofit in conjunction with Goodyear, Ice Cube is riding a blimp emblazoned with the words "ICE CUBE SAYS TODAY IS A GOOD DAY" over the skies of L.A. today.
Here's an Instagram video showing the Goodyear Blimp in motion with the text scrolling in red:
Jon Barco and Andy Dao had launched the "Good Day Blimp" project to raise $25,000 for A Place Called Home's at-risk kids in hopes that they could get Goodyear to write "Ice Cube's a Pimp" all over it. (It has to do with Ice Cube's 1993 hit song, "It Was a Good Day.") Ice Cube and Goodyear then jumped on board, but looks like Barco and Dao didn't quite get the exact phrase they were looking for. But hey, looks like they still did good for A Place Called Home.
This all coincides with the rapper's "It Was a Good Day" track which stand-up comedian Donovan Strain calculated as Jan. 20, 1992 as being Ice Cube's perfect day that inspired the track. Turns out Strain was there for the blimp launch today as well:
AND I GOTTA SAY.. TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY!! WHAT'S UP @ICECUBE!! pic.twitter.com/qdA5hsLlzF
— Donovan Strain (@DonovanStrain) January 20, 2014
Here's Ice Cube signing one of those huge checks (reminiscent of the Publisher's Clearing House type) for the charity:
.@icecube signs check. Today is a good day for @apch2830. Goodyear Blimp rides icing on the cake. pic.twitter.com/8PBJmUIOj2
— Goodyear Blimp (@GoodyearBlimp) January 20, 2014
A photo of the rapper staring off into the distance at his blimp:
It won’t say “Ice Cube’s a pimp” but @icecube will still enjoy his blimp ride w/ some South Central kids. pic.twitter.com/4FCmPwwyke
— CNN Entertainment (@CNNent) January 20, 2014
And some more photos of the "iconic airship," as Goodyear calls it:
Ok it's just gonna say It Was a Good Day pic.twitter.com/hf5yx5DK3e
— Sandy Mazza (@SandyMazza) January 20, 2014
Today's gonna be a good day: Thanks to fundraiser, Ice Cube and the Goodyear blimp. http://t.co/hrg2UAqbOM pic.twitter.com/9MeLOfkjmd
— Amanda Covarrubias (@amcovarrubias) January 20, 2014
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