Watch: Ice Cube May Have Broken the Microphone at the NFL Draft

The rapper got on stage ahead of the first pick to hype up the Las Vegas crowd.

The beginning of the NFL draft on Thursday had many awkward and surprising moments. 

At one point, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell noticed Ice Cube in the front row of the crowd with fans of the Raiders, the rapper’s favorite team. Since the draft is in Las Vegas, it made sense for Goodell to bring Ice Cube up on stage.

“What’s up, Las Vegas?“ Ice Cube said when he got on stage. “Let’s get this party started.”

But, the rapper was so loud into the microphone that it started making scratching noises.

Ice Cube and Derek Carr in the house to kick off the Draft!@icecube | @derekcarrqb | @raiders

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— NFL (@NFL) April 29, 2022

It was a fun bit, until Raiders quarterback Derek Carr tried speaking in the microphone following Ice Cube and could barely be heard. It appeared as if Ice Cube broke the microphone.

Fans watching the NFL draft at home couldn’t really make out what Carr, or Goodell after him, said. They took to Twitter to react to Ice Cube “breaking the microphone.”

Did Ice Cube break the microphone?!

— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) April 29, 2022

Ice Cube on the mic pic.twitter.com/YDdHitpRHK

— Pickswise (@Pickswise) April 29, 2022

No one:

Ice Cube: pic.twitter.com/O9RJpHSmfP

— BetMGM 🦁 (@BetMGM) April 29, 2022

Ice Cube was yelling so loudly he's going to get some poor audio operator fired for turning down the mike for the rest of that opening segment

— Brian Webber (@bwwebber) April 29, 2022

Ice Cube on the mic just now 🙃 pic.twitter.com/jRZdHnf9ZN

— FanDuel (@FanDuel) April 29, 2022

Right now there's a sound engineer in a truck somewhere stressing out massively over Ice Cube's levels.

cc @reddusfoximus

— Chad Ryan (@ChadwikoTWW) April 29, 2022

Thankfully, no picks were made during the technical difficulties as the microphone seemed to be back to normal by the time the Jaguars chose Travon Walker at No. 1.

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