Ice Cube

Guide Note

Ice Cube is an American MC, songwriter, actor, screenwriter, film director and founding member of pioneering gangster rap group N.W.A.. After leaving N.W.A., Ice Cube tried his hand at a solo career. In 1991, Ice Cube had a role in Boyz in the Hood. From there he went on to star in the movie Trespass, with Bill Paxton, in 1992. In 1994, he formed the group Westside Connection.

Ice Cube's other film credits include The Glass Shield, Friday, Next Friday, Barbershop, Torque, Are We There Yet? and Are We Done Yet?. He can next be seen in Pirate Island, First Sunday, Janky Promoters, all of which are slated for release in 2008.

Ice Cube's solo album credits include AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Kill at Will, The Predator, Laugh Now, Cry Later and Raw Footage.

Fast Facts

1. Full Name: O'Shea Jackson
2. Born: June 15, 1969
3. Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
4. Record Label: Lench Mob Records
5. Founding member of N.W.A.
6. Founding member of Westside Connection
7. Fueds with Common, Cypress Hill, Kam and Oprah Winfrey
8. Married Kimberly Woodruff in 1992
9. Has four children with Woodruff

1. "We come from the days when rap used to agitate the mainstream. Now it's more buddy-buddy. That doesn't sit well with me. So what we need is [a bit more] street politics, bringing up issues, agitating you a little bit. And nothing can agitate you more now than a terrorist threat." — Ice Cube on rap
2. "“We wanted to be true to what a barbershop is, so every headline we could grab between the first 'Barbershop' and the second was in there." — Ice Cube on Barbershop 2
3. "Snoop is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner." — Ice Cube on Snoop
4. "What I wanted people to recognize is that racism is in all of us, in layers. Some in more layers than others. It's not just the Klan guy and the black-fist guy, and it's about peeling away those layers." — Ice Cube on racism