Ice Cube and Mike Epps Are Celebrating 30 Years of Friday With a Hip-Hop and Standup Show

Summary

• Ice Cube and Mike Epps have announced “Everyday’s Friday: Lyrics, Loungin’ and Laughing,” a one-night-only hip-hop and standup event at the Long Beach Amphitheater on July 17, with Warren G and Scarface also on the bill
• The show marks 30 years of the Friday franchise and arrives as Ice Cube signals the next chapter is officially underway, with Last Friday having received the green light from Warner Bros.
• Live Nation presale opens May 14, with general on-sale following May 15 

Ice Cube and Mike Epps are reuniting for “Everyday’s Friday: Lyrics, Loungin’ and Laughing,” a one-night-only event at the Long Beach Amphitheater on July 17, celebrating three decades of the Friday franchise. Warren G and Scarface join the bill, with Ice Cube performing his hip-hop catalogue and Epps bringing his standup to the same stage in a format built around the film’s signature blend of West Coast rap and comedy.

The event’s construction reflects exactly what made Friday stick. When F. Gary Gray’s film arrived in 1995, written by Ice Cube and DJ Pooh, it did something few comedies manage: it made a single block in South Central Los Angeles feel like the centre of the universe for 91 minutes. The combination of hip-hop culture, neighbourhood realism, and effortless comedy built a franchise across two sequels and a generation of fans who have kept it alive through every shift in pop culture since. “Everyday’s Friday” runs on that same logic: Ice Cube’s set covering the catalogue that soundtracked the era, Epps’ standup rooted in the same improvisational energy he brought to Day-Day, and Warren G and Scarface anchoring the night firmly in West Coast credibility.

The timing is not accidental. Ice Cube has framed the Long Beach show as the official start of Friday’s next chapter, with Last Friday having finally cleared development and received the go-ahead from Warner Bros. after years in limbo. A costume contest running throughout the night, with prizes of up to $2,000 USD for fans who show up as their favourite Friday characters, extends the franchise logic beyond the stage and into the crowd. It is a full evening designed to function as a cultural event rather than a conventional concert.

“Friday has always been about and for the fans who made it a classic and kept it alive for nearly 30 years,” Ice Cube said. “To be able to step back out there with Mike Epps and bring that energy to the stage for a one-night-only experience in Long Beach is special. This show represents the beginning of the next chapter.”

Epps matched the sentiment, “Every day for the last 30 years someone has told me how much they loved the Friday franchise and how much the characters mean to them. To reunite with Cube and bring this one night only experience to the fans is incredible.”

“Everyday’s Friday: Lyrics, Loungin’ and Laughing” takes place July 17 at the Long Beach Amphitheater.