Ice Cube Trivia

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Birth name: O’Shea Jackson  

Date of birth: 15 June 1969

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Nickname: Ice Cube

Height: 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)

Credited As: Westside Connection, O’Shea Jackson, O. Jackson, N.W.A.

Spouse: Kim Jackson (1992 – present) 4 children

• Rapper/actor, and ex-N.W.A. member.
• By the age of 21, O’Shea Jackson had not only earned a college degree in drafting, but had established himself as a rap superstar named Ice Cube due to his participation in the ground-breaking and influential ensemble Niggaz With Attitude; N.W.A. was the group largely responsible for reinventing West Coast rap and launching the controversial gangsta sub-genre.
• A native of L.A.’s South Central, Cube came from a strict two-parent home, and early on preferred rapping and writing to gang life. More than any other rap artist, Cube has kept the heat on in terms of incendiary storytelling and controversial viewpoints. 
• His rage seems to explode unchecked by a concise political agenda; indeed, his is a shoot-first-ask-questions-later approach.
• Education: Phoenix Institute of Technology
• Children: O’Shea Jackson Jr.
• Began Cubevison production Company.
• Claiming that N.W.A. manager Jerry Heller cheated him out of royalties, Cube split the group following their hit Straight Outta Compton. Though a hero of the West Coast style, Cube headed east for his first solo recordings to work with the Bomb Squad, the production team responsible for Public Enemy’s tracks.
• AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted, is a violent and exciting ride both lyrically and musically, and is considered a rap classic.
• His anger towards Heller remained intense, and on Death Certificate’s notorious track, “No Vaseline,” he disses his old N.W.A. crew for “letting a Jew break up my crew. Bend over for the goddamn cracker–no Vaseline.”.
• Cube also launched a successful acting career with Boyz ‘N The Hood, a film which took its name from his earliest hit with N.W.A. The crew that has backed his solo work, Da Lench Mob, has also gone onto success, beginning with Guerillas In Tha Mist, which was produced and co-written by Cube.
• Cousin of rapper Del Tha Funkee Homosapien.
• Ice cube is a member of the Westside Connection (Ice cube Mack 10 Wc) 
• Legally changed his name to Ice Cube.
• Shares a birthday with Neil Patrick, Harris Helen, Hunt Shane, Stanley Jake Busey, Leah Remini, and Courteney Cox.
• Graduated from William Howard Taft High school in Woodland Hills, California.
• In 2004, his hit singles “Check Yo Self”, “It Was a Good Day” and affiliated song “Guerrillas in tha Mist” with Da Lench Mob appeared on popular video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on fictional radio station Radio Los Santos.
• In late 2005, Jackson and R. J. Cutler, teamed up to create the six-part documentary series titled Black. White., which was broadcast on cable network FX. In May 2006 Jackson accused Oprah Winfrey of not welcoming rappers on her show, and specifically, for not inviting him to the show when the rest of the cast of films that he participated in were invited.
• Jackson’s other movie projects include Teacher of the Year, released in 2007, and The Extractors, released in 2008.
• He has also signed on to star in and produce Welcome Back, Kotter, a bigscreen adaptation of the 1970s television series. Jackson will play the title character, originally portrayed by Gabe Kaplan and his film company, Cube Vision Productions, has sealed a deal with Dimension Films to bring the show to the big screen.
• In an interview in London, he revealed he is in talks of a collaboration with Gorillaz after speaking to front man Damon Albarn.
• In October 2006, Ice Cube was honored at VH1′s Annual Hip Hop Honors by Xzibit, Lil Jon and WC from the Westside Connection, all performing some classic Ice Cube tracks, and Ice Cube also performed “Why We Thugs” and “Go To Church” from his latest album, Laugh Now, Cry Later, where the strong N.Y.C crowd were greeted with Cube’s vintage Cali sound.
• After launching his new come-back album Laugh Now, Cry Later, Jackson has been touring across the world to promote the new album. The tour is known as “Straight Outta Compton Tour”, and accompanying him along the way is his fellow friend and rapper WC from the Westside Connection.
• Jackson collaborated with Tech N9ne on the song “Blackboy” that appears on Tech N9ne’s July 2008 album Killer.
• The eighth Ice Cube studio LP, titled Raw Footage, was released on August 19, 2008, and featured the singles Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It and Do Ya Thang.
• Jackson appeared on a song by rapper The Game titled “State of Emergency” off The Game’s Album, L.A.X.
• Despite rumors of conflicts with other rappers in 2010, Ice Cube stated in an interview with DJ Whoo Kid on Sirius Shade 45 that he has no beef.
• Ice Cube’s Are We There Yet television series premiered on TBS on June 2, 2010. Based on the 2005 feature film of the same name.
• Jackson’s ninth studio album I Am the West released on September 28, 2010.