34th anniversary of Jan. 20, 1992, the date of Ice Cube’s “Good Day”, known primarily because of the Lakers-SuperSonics lyric

Today is the 34th anniversary of THE day commemorated in Ice Cube’s “Today Was A Good Day”. That day was January 20, 1992, which wasn’t figured out until decade’s later when some internet sleuths got to work dissecting the lyrics, looking for dates that fulfilled everything Cube mentioned.

The key to solving this mystery is the lyric “The Lakers beat the SuperSonics”, which happened 12 times between the start of Yo! MTV Raps (Aug, 1988) and the release of the song (Feb, 1993). Looking at those 12 dates and some other lyrics (weather, beepers, etc) puts it firmly on January 20, 1992.

JoshuaCastleBooks

188 | 8 hours ago

Sadly, park statisticians erroneously credited Cube with a rebound that actually went to Phil Barlow and suggested that the lyric be changed to “Messed around and got a double-double.”

Charlie_Wax | Warriors

116 | 7 hours ago

Ice Cube is the inspiration for me meticulously tracking my own statistics in all pickup games. You’ll be pleased to know that I average 5.3 ppg at 42% TS%. I have a career high of 3 blocks, recorded against the shirts on 4/21/19.

Last week I messed around and got a triple single.

Sniffy4 | South Sudan

20 | 6 hours ago

>recorded against the shirts on 4/21/19.

Record requires asterisk. Shirts had all their best players out.

itgoesdownandup

11 | 4 hours ago

That’s such a funny bit in my mind. Just going to the gym and asking people if they want to play pick-up, and then sending out a completely different set of people so you can load manage.

Adventurous_Cut_7355

1 | an hour ago

I can’t play pickup b2b I just pull up in my street clothes and cheer my boys on

MattPatriciasFUPA | Pistons

23 | 7 hours ago

Is 4/21/19 your shooting splits?

Gandalf_from_3 | Celtics

27 | 6 hours ago

4 points, 21 fouls, 19 steals

fckcarrots | 76ers

13 | 5 hours ago

Pat Bev, that you?

mathieforlife | Raptors

1 | 3 hours ago

The next 5 years are his

VillainousRocka | Bulls

1 | 4 hours ago

Lol it’s a date

charlietheturkey | Warriors

1 | 39 minutes ago

i’m gonna need the average ts% for all players at this location before i can judge this properly

ProfessorDrink | Kings

44 | 7 hours ago

Was the location of the Goodyear blimp factored into this? Because if not, the whole thing kinda falls apart

Keychain_Bugles_1604 | Lakers

53 | 7 hours ago

So the Super Bowl that year (XXVI, Bills v. Redskins) was six days away from Good Day and there is a Goodyear blimp storage area in nearby Carson. You could argue the blimp began its journey that Good Day to Minneapolis, site of the game, and flashed ICE CUBE’S A PIMP to him drunk as hell and halfway home before traveling out of Southern California to its ultimate destination on Sunday.

54strife

8 | 6 hours ago

But can he be a pimp if he married Kim, who I guess could f allllll niiiiight, a few months later? /S

codeklutch

3 | 4 hours ago

Just ask luda. Different hoes in different area codes.

raikou1988 | GSW

1 | an hour ago

That song still is 🔥

Echodad

42 | 7 hours ago

So January 20, 1992 Ice Cube didn’t have to use his AK

nomadrone | Bulls

7 | 3 hours ago

Must’ve been a good day.

moongato

2 | 2 hours ago

He didn’t need it until four months later for the Rodney King riots.

NightSleepStars | Lakers

35 | 7 hours ago

Never been easier to fuck around and get a triple double

RenaisanceReviewer | Raptors

21 | 6 hours ago

His opponents were literally plumbers

jomanhan9

8 | 6 hours ago

Plus that song helped with the implementation of statisticians for all pickup games, now we all know our statlines. Fucked around and shot 20% from the field last time out

smellslikebutter | Celtics

7 | 4 hours ago

Ice Cube already had an almost year old son with Kim January 20, 1992. It wouldn’t make since that he’s been trying to fuck her sense the 12th grade if she already had their child.

lumpen_prole_god_x

4 | 6 hours ago

34 years ago today, ice cube put that ass to sleep

HMSmegawhale | Supersonics

3 | 2 hours ago

The last time I heard Ice Cube perform this song on TV he replaced the lyric with “what happened to the SuperSonics?” Always appreciated that he updated that specific part…

miniveggiedeluxe

1 | 4 hours ago

this is cool, but have the internet sleuths figured out which knicks player was victimized by biggie smalls in “i got a story to tell”???

WinesburgOhio | 76ers

4 | 3 hours ago

Anthony Mason

From_Jerusalem | Lakers

1 | 3 hours ago

ITT: cornballs far, far away from South central

rolltidebutnotreally | Trail Blazers

0 | 4 hours ago

Has anyone looked up crime statistics to see if anyone was killed in south central LA?