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Trivia
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.
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