Ice Cube
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, and his political rap solo albums AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990), Death Certificate (1991), and The Predator (1992) were all critically and commercially successful. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of N.W.A in 2016.
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| Full name at birth | O`Shea Jackson Sr.
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| Claim to fame | his participation with the rap group N.W.A. as well as his solo career with multiple albums including AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted, Lethal Injection, Raw Footage, Death Certificate, The Predator, I Am the West, Everythang’s Corrupt, War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc), War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc), and Laugh Now, Cry Later, in addition to his roles such as Darin "Doughboy" Baker in the 1991 coming-of-age hood crime drama film Boyz N the Hood, Savon in the 1992 crime thriller film Trespass, Fudge in the 1995 drama film Higher Learning, Craig Jones in the Friday film franchise, Reggie in the 1998 dark comedy-drama thriller film The Players Club, Tyson Bucum in the 2002 buddy action comedy film All About the Benjamins, Calvin Palmer Jr. in the Barbershop film franchise, Trey Wallace in the 2004 action film Torque, Nick Persons in the 2005 family road adventure comedy film Are We There Yet? and its 2007 sequel film Are We Done Yet?, Darius Stone/XXX in the 2005 action spy film XXX: State of the Union and its 2017 action thriller sequel film xXx: Return of Xander Cage, Captain Dickson in the 2012 buddy cop action comedy film 21 Jump Street and its 2014 sequel film 22 Jump Street, Detective James Payton in the 2014 buddy cop action comedy film Ride Along and its 2016 sequel film Ride Along 2, Strickland in the 2017 comedy film Fist Fight, and Superfly (voice) in the 2023 animated superhero action comedy film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
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| Date of birth | 15 June 1969
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| Place of birth | Baldwin Hills, South Central Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Occupation | Rapper, Songwriter, Record Producer, Actor, Voice Actor, Film Producer, Writer
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| Height | 5' 8" (173 cm)
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| Weight | 185 lbs (84 kg)
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| Net worth | $160,000,000 USD
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- Visit his official website @ icecube.com.
- He got enrolled in an architectural drafting diploma because he felt his rap career won’t be profitable enough.
- In January 2017, he announced the start of a professional basketball league named, BIG3, featuring a 3-on-3 concept. The teams consisted of former NBA players. In October 2022, it was revealed that the company was the first Black-owned sports league in America. It worked directly with Black businesses and Black Chambers across the U.S., in order to support Black entrepreneurs.
- US monthly color magazine, The Source put Ice Cube on the 14th spot in the list of “Top 50 Lyricists of All Time” in 2012.
- In 2006, MTV placed him on #8 in their list of “10 Greatest MCs of All Time.”
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12 Jun 2017Age: 47
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