Ice Cube

Also known as O'Shea Jackson Sr., O'Shea Jackson Senior, O'Shea Jackson

American rapper and actor

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Ice Cube is an American rapper and actor who has worked in both the music and entertainment industries. He is a notable figure in hip-hop and film, though the specific details of his most significant contributions would require additional context to fully explain.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 15

Top works

Next Friday-The Soundtrack
Lethal injection
Straight outta L.A
Are we there yet?
Friday

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1969-06-15

gangsta raphardcore hip hophip hoppolitical hip hopwest coast hip hop

Discography

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 3,241,203
Total plays: 63,570,628

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

High-resolution record of Northern Hemisphere climate extending into the last interglacial period
· 2004 · cited 2,667x
Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis
· 2005 · cited 948x
Massive Dirac fermions in a ferromagnetic kagome metal
· 2018 · cited 890x
Three-dimensional X-ray structural microscopy with submicrometre resolution
· 2002 · cited 661x
Influence of iron doping on tetravalent nickel content in catalytic oxygen evolving films
· 2017 · cited 657x

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Quotes

“Damn G, the spot's getting hot/So how the fuck am I supposed to make a knot?/Police looking at niggas through a microscope/In L.A. everybody and they momma sell dope/They trying to stop it/So what the fuck can I do to make a profit?/Catch a flight to St. Louis/That's cool, cause nobody knew us.”

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Wikidata facts

Official website: icecube.com
Image: Ice-Cube 2014-01-09-Chicago-photoby-Adam-Bielawski.jpg
Number of children: 5

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Commons category: Ice Cube
date of birth: 1969-06-15
Commons gallery: Ice Cube
birth name: O'Shea Jackson
net worth: 220000000
name in native language: Ice Cube
start of work period: 1986-00-00
pseudonym: Ice Cube
social media followers: 5668661

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Article

O'Shea Jackson (born June 15, 1969), known professionally as Ice Cube, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and film producer. His efforts on N.W.A's 1989 album Straight Outta Compton contributed to gangsta rap's 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.

A native of Los Angeles, Ice Cube formed his first rap group called 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, a landmark album that shaped West Coast hip-hop's early violent and controversial identity and 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. Billboard 200. His singles "Straight Outta Compton", "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.