Ice Cube
Acting
- Born:
- 1969-06-15
- Place of birth:
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
O'Shea Jackson (born June 15, 1969), known professionally as Ice Cube, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and film producer. His work on N.W.A.'s 1989 album Straight Outta Compton helped boost gangsta rap's popularity. 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. A native of Los Angeles, Ice Cube formed his first rap group, C.I.A., in 1986. In 1987, with Eazy-E and Dr. Dre, he formed the gangsta rap group N.W.A. As its lead rapper, Ice Cube also wrote most of the lyrics on Straight Outta Compton. This landmark album shaped West Coast hip-hop's early violent and controversial identity. It helped differentiate it from East Coast rap. After a monetary dispute over the group's management by Eazy-E and Jerry Heller, Ice Cube left N.W.A in late 1989 and embarked on a solo career, releasing eleven albums, with seven charting within the top-10 on the U.S. Billboard200. His singles "It Was a Good Day", "Check Yo Self", "You Know How We Do It", "Bop Gun (One Nation)", "Pushin' Weight", and "You Can Do It" all charted in the top-40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Ice Cube has also had an active film career since the early 1990s. His first acting role was in the hood film Boyz n the Hood (1991), named after a 1987 N.W.A. song he wrote. He also co-wrote and starred in the 1995 comedy film Friday, which spawned a franchise and reshaped his public image into an actor. He made his directorial debut with the 1998 film The Players Club, and also produced and curated the film's accompanying soundtrack. His film credits include comedies Three Kings (1999), the Barbershop and Are We There Yet? franchises, 21 Jump Street (2012), 22 Jump Street (2014), Ride Along (2014) and Ride Along 2 (2016). He has also appeared in the XXX franchise (2005–2017), the crime drama Rampart (2012), the animated fantasy The Book of Life (2014), and the thriller War of the Worlds (2025). Ice Cube has also served as executive producer, including for the 2015 biopic Straight Outta Compton. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ice Cube, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
24 Jump Street
Anaconda
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
War of the Worlds
Number One on the Call Sheet
The Studio
N.W.A.: Not Without Alonzo
We Got Time Today
Hollywood Black
Comin' Up Short
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Stand
The DOC
You're Watching Video Music Box
Hart to Heart
Snacked
Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James
Beats Music Presents: It Was A Good Day, The Live 90s Hip Hop Playlist
Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren
This Is Pop
The High Note
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
Untold Stories of Hip Hop
Africa Rising
The Shop
The Tuck Rule
Steve
The Defiant Ones
Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies
Comedy Central's Colossal Clusterfest
The F Word
Burn Motherfucker, Burn!
G-Funk
Fist Fight
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
The Making of Mr. October: The Reggie Jackson Story
Hip Hop Evolution
Barbershop: The Next Cut
Flashback Cops
Ride Along 2
NWA & Eazy-E: The Kings of Compton
The Game: The Documentary 2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
The Book of Life
22 Jump Street
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Ride Along
Hip Hop Don't Stop
The Arsenio Hall Show
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
21 Jump Street
Rampart
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
The Fab Five
Conan
Katt Williams: 9 Lives
The Talk
Lottery Ticket
Straight Outta L.A.
Janky Promoters
DJ SWB Volume 6 | This Is How We Do
‘Friday’ Straight Up
The Longshots
First Sunday
20 Most Shocking Unsolved Crimes
Are We Done Yet?
The Graham Norton Show
DJ Crazy Toones | It's A CT Experience: The DVD Files
Criss Angel Mindfreak
xXx: State of the Union
Letter to the President
Are We There Yet?
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Beef II
Ice Cube: The Making of a Don
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Torque
Westside Connection: Gangsta Nation Live
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Beef
Celebrities Uncensored
Real Time with Bill Maher
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Friday After Next
Korn: Deuce
Barbershop
All About the Benjamins
Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars
The Bernie Mac Show
Good Day Live
Ghosts of Mars
Primetime Glick
The Up in Smoke Tour
Straight from the Streets
An Intimate Look Inside the Acting Process with Ice Cube
Woodstock '99
Next Friday
Family Values Tour '98
Thicker Than Water
Three Kings
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
The Hip Hop Years
I Got the Hook-Up
The Players Club
The View
Anaconda
Dangerous Ground
The Jamie Foxx Show
The Daily Show
Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
Friday
Higher Learning
The Glass Shield
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
CB4
Birth of a Nation: 4.29.92
Trespass
Boyz n the Hood
Yo! MTV Raps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Entertainment Tonight
Last Friday
Humbug
Accidentes
Ride Along 3
Outside Man
Are They Gone Yet?
Cube & Epps