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American rapper and actor (born 1969) Redirect|O'Shea Jackson|his son|O'Shea Jackson Jr.|cube-shaped ice|Ice cube|7=Ice cube (disambiguation) Distinguish|Ice-T pp-blp|small=yes Use mdy dates May 2020 Infobox person | name = Ice Cube | image = Ice-Cube 2014-01-09-Chicago-photoby-Adam-Bielawski.jpg | caption = Ice Cube in 2014 | birth_name = O'Shea Jackson | birth_date = Birth date and age|1969/6/15 | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | education = William Howard Taft Charter High School|Taft High School
Phoenix Institute Of Technology | occupation = hlist|Rapper|songwriter|actor|record producer|film producer | organization = Lench Mob Records
Cube Vision
Big3 | years_active = 1986–present | spouse = marriage|Kimberly Woodruff
|1992 | children = 4, including O'Shea Jackson Jr.|O'Shea Jr. | relatives = Del tha Funky Homosapien (cousin)
Kam (rapper)|Kam (cousin) | module = Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | genre = flatlist| * West Coast hip hop * gangsta rap * political hip hop | label = hlist|Lench Mob Records|Lench Mob|Priority Records|Priority|Aftermath Entertainment|Aftermathcite web|author=J-23 https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.1216/title.ice-cube-speaks-on-dre-aftermath Ice Cube speaks on Dre & Aftermath Hip Hop DX September 22, 2002 November 8, 2024cite web|author=Davey D http://www.daveyd.com/FullArticles/articleN1253.asp#:~:text=Also%20we%20should%20note%20that,long%20awaited%20Heltah%20Skeltah%20Project. Ice Cube Is #1 Joins Dr Dre's Aftermath Davey D September 16, 2002 November 8, 2024|EMI|Interscope Records|Interscope | current_member_of = Mount Westmore|Mt. Westmore | past_member_of = flatlist| * C.I.A. (band)|C.I.A. * N.W.A * Da Lench Mob * Westside Connection | website = URL|https://icecube.com ''O'Shea Jackson Sr.'' (born June 15, 1969, known professionally as ''Ice Cube'', is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and film producer. His lyrics on N.W.A's 1988 album ''Straight Outta Compton'' contributed to gangsta rap's widespread popularity,Steve Huey, [https://www.allmusic.com/album/straight-outta-compton-mw0000653426 "N.W.A: ''Straight Outta Compton''"], ''AllMusic.com'', Netaktion LLC, visited 14 Jun 2020.Loren Kajikawa, "Compton via New York", ''Sounding Race in Rap Songs'' (Oakland: University of California Press, 2015, [https://books.google.com/books?id=v-x9BgAAQBAJ&q=trendsetters pp 91–93].Todd Boyd, ''Am I Black Enough for You?: Popular Culture from the 'Hood and Beyond'' (Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1997, [https://books.google.com/books?id=5bftl_Oau6MC&dq=Ice+Cube&pg=PA75 p 75] skims Ice Cube's early successes in music, while [https://books.google.com/books?id=5bftl_Oau6MC&q=Ice+Cube indexing "Ice Cube"] reveals analysis of his political rap. and his political rap solo albums ''AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted'' (1990, ''Death Certificate (album)|Death Certificate'' (1991, and ''The Predator (Ice Cube album)|The Predator'' (1992) were all critically and commercially successful.Lakeyta M. Bonnette, ''Pulse of the People: Political Rap Music and Black Politics'' (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015, [https://books.google.com/books?id=1kjkBgAAQBAJ&dq=Ice+Cube+political+rap&pg=PA71 p 71].Allen Gordon, "Ice Cube: ''Death Certificate'' (Street Knowledge/Priority, 1991)", in Oliver Wang, ed., ''Classic Material: The Hip-hop Album Guide'' (Toronto: ECW Press, 2003, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ighxbRRgk6sC&dq=Cube+Certificate,+Amerikkka's&pg=PA87 p 87].Preezy Brown, [https://www.vibe.com/photos/classic-ice-cube-lyrics-death-certificate-album-black-lives-matter "18 socio-political lyrics from Ice Cube's 'Death Certificate' that still resonate in 2016"], ''Vibe.com'', Prometheus Global Media, LLC., 1 Nov 2016. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of N.W.A in 2016.Cite web N.W.A ! Rock & Roll Hall of Fame https://www.rockhall.com/nwa April 26, 2021 www.rockhall.com A native of Los Angeles, Ice Cube formed his first rap group called C.I.A. (band)|C.I.A. in 1986.Steven Otfinoski, "Ice Cube", ''African Americans in the Performing Arts'' (New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2003, [https://books.google.com/books?id=6gtKKftZw2cC&pg=PA108 p 108]. In 1987, with Eazy-E and Dr. Dre, he formed the gangsta rap group N.W.A. As its lead rapper, he wrote some of Dre's and most of Eazy's lyrics on ''Straight Outta Compton'', a landmark album that shaped West Coast hip hop's early identity and helped differentiate it from East Coast rap. N.W.A was also known for their violent lyrics, threatening to attack abusive police which stirred controversy. After a monetary dispute over the group's management by Eazy-E and Jerry Heller, Cube left N.W.A in late 1989, teaming with New York artists and launching a solo rap career. Ice Cube has also had an active film career since the early 1990s.David J. Leonard, "Ice Cube", in Mickey Hess, ed., ''Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture'' (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007, [https://books.google.com/books?id=bXy2wTEsbCsC&dq=Friday+debut+movie+star+shocked+comedy&pg=PA311 p 311]. He entered cinema by playing Doughboy in director John Singleton's feature debut ''Boyz n the Hood'', a 1991 drama named after a Boyz-n-the-Hood|1987 rap song that Ice Cube wrote.Gail Hilson Woldu, ''The Words and Music of Ice Cube'' (Westport, CT & London, UK: Praeger Publishers, 2008, [https://books.google.com/books?id=HrUYZm3xZQgC&dq=Boyz+n+the+Hood&pg=PA44 pp 44–45]. He also co-wrote and starred in the 1995 comedy film ''Friday (1995 film)|Friday'',cite news Pete Cashmore https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/30/ice-cube-everythangs-corrupt-friday-boyz-n-tha-hood-friday-amerikkkas-most-wanted Frozen in time: Why does nobody want to hear Ice Cube rap any more?|newspaper=The Guardian November 30, 2018 which spawned a successful franchise and reshaped his public image into a bankable movie star. He made his directorial debut with the 1998 film ''The Players Club'', and also produced and curated the film's accompanying The Players Club (soundtrack)|soundtrack.Cite book Kubernik Harvey https://books.google.com/books?id=Wp-Xc4lMnRUC&dq=ice+cube+players+club+soundtrack&pg=PA211 Hollywood Shack Job: Rock Music in Film and on Your Screen 2006 UNM Press |isbn=978-0-8263-3542-5 |language=en As of 2020, he has appeared in about 40 films, including the 1999 war comedy ''Three Kings (1999 film)|Three Kings'', family comedies like the Barbershop (film series)|''Barbershop'' series, and buddy cop comedies ''21 Jump Street (film)|21 Jump Street'', ''22 Jump Street'', and ''Ride Along (film)|Ride Along''. He was an executive producer of many of these films, as well as of the 2015 biopic ''Straight Outta Compton (film)|Straight Outta Compton''.
Phoenix Institute Of Technology | occupation = hlist|Rapper|songwriter|actor|record producer|film producer | organization = Lench Mob Records
Cube Vision
Big3 | years_active = 1986–present | spouse = marriage|Kimberly Woodruff
|1992 | children = 4, including O'Shea Jackson Jr.|O'Shea Jr. | relatives = Del tha Funky Homosapien (cousin)
Kam (rapper)|Kam (cousin) | module = Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | genre = flatlist| * West Coast hip hop * gangsta rap * political hip hop | label = hlist|Lench Mob Records|Lench Mob|Priority Records|Priority|Aftermath Entertainment|Aftermathcite web|author=J-23 https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.1216/title.ice-cube-speaks-on-dre-aftermath Ice Cube speaks on Dre & Aftermath Hip Hop DX September 22, 2002 November 8, 2024cite web|author=Davey D http://www.daveyd.com/FullArticles/articleN1253.asp#:~:text=Also%20we%20should%20note%20that,long%20awaited%20Heltah%20Skeltah%20Project. Ice Cube Is #1 Joins Dr Dre's Aftermath Davey D September 16, 2002 November 8, 2024|EMI|Interscope Records|Interscope | current_member_of = Mount Westmore|Mt. Westmore | past_member_of = flatlist| * C.I.A. (band)|C.I.A. * N.W.A * Da Lench Mob * Westside Connection | website = URL|https://icecube.com ''O'Shea Jackson Sr.'' (born June 15, 1969, known professionally as ''Ice Cube'', is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and film producer. His lyrics on N.W.A's 1988 album ''Straight Outta Compton'' contributed to gangsta rap's widespread popularity,Steve Huey, [https://www.allmusic.com/album/straight-outta-compton-mw0000653426 "N.W.A: ''Straight Outta Compton''"], ''AllMusic.com'', Netaktion LLC, visited 14 Jun 2020.Loren Kajikawa, "Compton via New York", ''Sounding Race in Rap Songs'' (Oakland: University of California Press, 2015, [https://books.google.com/books?id=v-x9BgAAQBAJ&q=trendsetters pp 91–93].Todd Boyd, ''Am I Black Enough for You?: Popular Culture from the 'Hood and Beyond'' (Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1997, [https://books.google.com/books?id=5bftl_Oau6MC&dq=Ice+Cube&pg=PA75 p 75] skims Ice Cube's early successes in music, while [https://books.google.com/books?id=5bftl_Oau6MC&q=Ice+Cube indexing "Ice Cube"] reveals analysis of his political rap. and his political rap solo albums ''AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted'' (1990, ''Death Certificate (album)|Death Certificate'' (1991, and ''The Predator (Ice Cube album)|The Predator'' (1992) were all critically and commercially successful.Lakeyta M. Bonnette, ''Pulse of the People: Political Rap Music and Black Politics'' (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015, [https://books.google.com/books?id=1kjkBgAAQBAJ&dq=Ice+Cube+political+rap&pg=PA71 p 71].Allen Gordon, "Ice Cube: ''Death Certificate'' (Street Knowledge/Priority, 1991)", in Oliver Wang, ed., ''Classic Material: The Hip-hop Album Guide'' (Toronto: ECW Press, 2003, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ighxbRRgk6sC&dq=Cube+Certificate,+Amerikkka's&pg=PA87 p 87].Preezy Brown, [https://www.vibe.com/photos/classic-ice-cube-lyrics-death-certificate-album-black-lives-matter "18 socio-political lyrics from Ice Cube's 'Death Certificate' that still resonate in 2016"], ''Vibe.com'', Prometheus Global Media, LLC., 1 Nov 2016. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of N.W.A in 2016.Cite web N.W.A ! Rock & Roll Hall of Fame https://www.rockhall.com/nwa April 26, 2021 www.rockhall.com A native of Los Angeles, Ice Cube formed his first rap group called C.I.A. (band)|C.I.A. in 1986.Steven Otfinoski, "Ice Cube", ''African Americans in the Performing Arts'' (New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2003, [https://books.google.com/books?id=6gtKKftZw2cC&pg=PA108 p 108]. In 1987, with Eazy-E and Dr. Dre, he formed the gangsta rap group N.W.A. As its lead rapper, he wrote some of Dre's and most of Eazy's lyrics on ''Straight Outta Compton'', a landmark album that shaped West Coast hip hop's early identity and helped differentiate it from East Coast rap. N.W.A was also known for their violent lyrics, threatening to attack abusive police which stirred controversy. After a monetary dispute over the group's management by Eazy-E and Jerry Heller, Cube left N.W.A in late 1989, teaming with New York artists and launching a solo rap career. Ice Cube has also had an active film career since the early 1990s.David J. Leonard, "Ice Cube", in Mickey Hess, ed., ''Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture'' (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007, [https://books.google.com/books?id=bXy2wTEsbCsC&dq=Friday+debut+movie+star+shocked+comedy&pg=PA311 p 311]. He entered cinema by playing Doughboy in director John Singleton's feature debut ''Boyz n the Hood'', a 1991 drama named after a Boyz-n-the-Hood|1987 rap song that Ice Cube wrote.Gail Hilson Woldu, ''The Words and Music of Ice Cube'' (Westport, CT & London, UK: Praeger Publishers, 2008, [https://books.google.com/books?id=HrUYZm3xZQgC&dq=Boyz+n+the+Hood&pg=PA44 pp 44–45]. He also co-wrote and starred in the 1995 comedy film ''Friday (1995 film)|Friday'',cite news Pete Cashmore https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/30/ice-cube-everythangs-corrupt-friday-boyz-n-tha-hood-friday-amerikkkas-most-wanted Frozen in time: Why does nobody want to hear Ice Cube rap any more?|newspaper=The Guardian November 30, 2018 which spawned a successful franchise and reshaped his public image into a bankable movie star. He made his directorial debut with the 1998 film ''The Players Club'', and also produced and curated the film's accompanying The Players Club (soundtrack)|soundtrack.Cite book Kubernik Harvey https://books.google.com/books?id=Wp-Xc4lMnRUC&dq=ice+cube+players+club+soundtrack&pg=PA211 Hollywood Shack Job: Rock Music in Film and on Your Screen 2006 UNM Press |isbn=978-0-8263-3542-5 |language=en As of 2020, he has appeared in about 40 films, including the 1999 war comedy ''Three Kings (1999 film)|Three Kings'', family comedies like the Barbershop (film series)|''Barbershop'' series, and buddy cop comedies ''21 Jump Street (film)|21 Jump Street'', ''22 Jump Street'', and ''Ride Along (film)|Ride Along''. He was an executive producer of many of these films, as well as of the 2015 biopic ''Straight Outta Compton (film)|Straight Outta Compton''.
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Ice Cube on "Straight Outta Compton" | The People Vs.
Ice Cube on hip hop group's name, N.W.A
Becoming Dr Dre, Ice Cube, and Eazy-E in "Straight Outta Compton"
O'Shea Jackson Jr. on Playing His Dad
Ice Cube and Ice-T: Growing Up as OGs of Hip-Hop
Ice Cube on Being Mixed-Up with Ice-T
Kendrick Lamar sits down with N.W.A (FULL EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW)
Straight Outta 'Ice & Coco'
O'Shea Jackson Jr. on Playing Ice Cube
Jason Mitchell on Playing Eazy-E
Ice Cube and O'Shea Jackson Jr. Talk 'Straight Outta Compton'
The Ice Cube Family Christmas Card | CONAN on TBS
Cast of "Straight Outta Compton" Share First Memories Of NWA
Ice Cube and Son on 'Straight Outta Compton'
Ice Cube Made His Son Work Hard for a Straight Outta Compton Role