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Ice Cube Biography
Birth Name:
O'Shea Jackson
Birth Place:
Los Angeles, California, United States
Profession
Rapper, actor, screenwriter, director, producer
Fast Facts
- Made a name for himself in the late 1980s as part of the Los Angeles-based rap group N
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- Broke into movies playing Doughboy in the 1991 film Boyz N the Hood
- Wrote the screenplay for the cult hit Friday (1995)
- Has sold more than 10 million albums as a solo artist since leaving N
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- , beginning with 1990's AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
- Launched his own clothing line, SOLO by Cube, in 2011
- Heads his own production company called Cube Vision
- Cousin of rapper Del tha Funkee Homosapien
Awards
- 2016Producers Guild Awards-Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
Relationships
- Kareema Jackson -- Daughter
- Hosea Jackson -- Father
- Doris Jackson -- Mother
- Darryl Jackson -- Son
- O'Shea Jackson Jr. -- Son
- Shareef Jackson -- Son
- Kim Jackson -- Wife