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{{Short description|American rapper and actor (born 1969)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Ice Cube
| image              = File:Ice Cube 2024.png
| caption            = Ice Cube in 2024
| birth_name         = O'Shea Jackson
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1969|6|15}}<!--Compton birth records confirm 6/15/69 is his birthday. Do not change. -->
| birth_place        = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| education          = [[William Howard Taft Charter High School|Taft High School]] <br>
Phoenix Institute of Technology
| occupation         = {{hlist|Rapper|songwriter|actor|record producer|film producer}}
| organization       = [[Lench Mob Records]]<br />[[Cube Vision]]<br />[[Big3]]
| years_active       = 1986–present<!--Do NOT change because he formed his first group in '86 called C.I.A.-->
| spouse             = {{marriage|Kimberly Woodruff<br />|1992}}
| children           = 4, including [[O'Shea Jackson Jr.|O'Shea Jr.]]
| relatives          = [[Del tha Funky Homosapien]] (cousin)<br />[[Kam (rapper)|Kam]] (cousin)
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed            = yes
| genre            = {{flatlist|
* [[West Coast hip-hop]]
* [[gangsta rap]]
* [[political hip-hop]]
}}
| label            = {{hlist|[[Lench Mob Records|Lench Mob]]|[[Priority Records|Priority]]|[[Aftermath Entertainment|Aftermath]]<ref>{{cite web|author=J-23|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.1216/title.ice-cube-speaks-on-dre-aftermath|title=Ice Cube speaks on Dre & Aftermath|publisher=Hip Hop DX|date=September 22, 2002|access-date=November 8, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Davey D|url=http://www.daveyd.com/FullArticles/articleN1253.asp#:~:text=Also%20we%20should%20note%20that,long%20awaited%20Heltah%20Skeltah%20Project.|title=Ice Cube Is #1 Joins Dr Dre's Aftermath|publisher=Davey D|date=September 16, 2002|access-date=November 8, 2024}}</ref>|[[EMI]]|[[Interscope Records|Interscope]]}}
| current_member_of = [[Mount Westmore|Mt. Westmore]]
| past_member_of  = {{flatlist|
* [[C.I.A. (band)|C.I.A.]]
* [[N.W.A]]
* [[Da Lench Mob]]
* [[Westside Connection]]
}}
| website            = {{URL|https://icecube.com}}
}}
}}

'''O'Shea Jackson Sr.''' (born June 15, 1969), known professionally as '''Ice Cube''', is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and film producer. His lyrics on [[N.W.A]]'s 1989 album ''[[Straight Outta Compton]]'' contributed to [[gangsta rap]]'s widespread popularity,<ref name=":2">Steve Huey, [https://www.allmusic.com/album/straight-outta-compton-mw0000653426 "N.W.A: ''Straight Outta Compton''"], ''[[AllMusic.com]]'', Netaktion LLC, visited 14 Jun 2020.</ref><ref name=":17">Loren Kajikawa, "Compton via New York", ''Sounding Race in Rap Songs'' (Oakland: [[University of California Press]], 2015), [https://books.google.com/books?id=v-x9BgAAQBAJ&q=trendsetters pp 91–93].</ref><ref name=":3">Todd Boyd, ''Am I Black Enough for You?: Popular Culture from the 'Hood and Beyond'' (Bloomington & Indianapolis: [[Indiana University Press]], 1997), [https://books.google.com/books?id=5bftl_Oau6MC&dq=Ice+Cube&pg=PA75 p 75] skims Ice Cube's early successes in music, while [https://books.google.com/books?id=5bftl_Oau6MC&q=Ice+Cube indexing "Ice Cube"] reveals analysis of his political rap.</ref> and his [[political rap]] solo albums ''[[AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted]]'' (1990), ''[[Death Certificate (album)|Death Certificate]]'' (1991), and ''[[The Predator (album)|The Predator]]'' (1992) were all critically and commercially successful.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":8">Lakeyta M. Bonnette, ''Pulse of the People: Political Rap Music and Black Politics'' (Philadelphia: [[University of Pennsylvania Press]], 2015), [https://books.google.com/books?id=1kjkBgAAQBAJ&dq=Ice+Cube+political+rap&pg=PA71 p 71].</ref><ref name=":4">Allen Gordon, "Ice Cube: ''Death Certificate'' (Street Knowledge/Priority, 1991)", in Oliver Wang, ed., ''Classic Material: The Hip-hop Album Guide'' (Toronto: [[ECW Press]], 2003), [https://books.google.com/books?id=ighxbRRgk6sC&dq=Cube+Certificate,+Amerikkka's&pg=PA87 p 87].</ref><ref name=":11">Preezy Brown, [https://www.vibe.com/photos/classic-ice-cube-lyrics-death-certificate-album-black-lives-matter "18 socio-political lyrics from Ice Cube's 'Death Certificate' that still resonate in 2016"], ''[[Vibe.com]]'', Prometheus Global Media, LLC., 1 Nov 2016.</ref> He was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of N.W.A in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title=N.W.A {{!}} Rock & Roll Hall of Fame|url=https://www.rockhall.com/nwa|access-date=April 26, 2021|website=www.rockhall.com}}</ref>

A native of Los Angeles, Ice Cube formed his first rap group called [[C.I.A. (band)|C.I.A.]] in 1986.<ref name="Arts">Steven Otfinoski, "Ice Cube", ''African Americans in the Performing Arts'' (New York: [[Facts On File, Inc.]], 2003), [https://books.google.com/books?id=6gtKKftZw2cC&pg=PA108 p 108].</ref> In 1987, with [[Eazy-E]] and [[Dr. Dre]], he formed the gangsta rap group N.W.A.<ref name="Arts"/> As its lead rapper, he wrote some of Dre's and most of Eazy's lyrics on ''Straight Outta Compton'',<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> a landmark album that shaped [[West Coast hip hop]]'s early identity and helped differentiate it from [[East Coast rap]].<ref name=":17" /> N.W.A was also known for their violent lyrics, threatening to attack abusive police which stirred controversy.<ref name=":2" /><ref name="Arts" /> After a monetary dispute over the group's management by Eazy-E and [[Jerry Heller]], Cube left N.W.A in late 1989,<!-- Before changing the date, please see [[Talk:Ice Cube#Date of Cube's departure from N.W.A.]]--> teaming with New York artists and launching a solo rap career.<ref name="Arts" />

Ice Cube has also had an active film career since the early 1990s.<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":16">David J. Leonard, "Ice Cube", in Mickey Hess, ed., ''Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture'' (Westport, CT: [[Greenwood Press]], 2007), [https://books.google.com/books?id=bXy2wTEsbCsC&dq=Friday+debut+movie+star+shocked+comedy&pg=PA311 p 311].</ref> He entered cinema by playing Doughboy in director [[John Singleton]]'s feature debut ''[[Boyz n the Hood]]'', a 1991 drama named after a [[Boyz-n-the-Hood|1987 rap song]]<ref name=":17" /> that Ice Cube wrote.<ref name=":15">Gail Hilson Woldu, ''The Words and Music of Ice Cube'' (Westport, CT & London, UK: [[Praeger Publishers]], 2008), [https://books.google.com/books?id=HrUYZm3xZQgC&dq=Boyz+n+the+Hood&pg=PA44 pp 44–45].</ref> He also co-wrote and starred in the 1995 comedy film ''[[Friday (1995 film)|Friday]]'',<ref name=":5">{{cite news|first=Pete|last=Cashmore|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/30/ice-cube-everythangs-corrupt-friday-boyz-n-tha-hood-friday-amerikkkas-most-wanted|title=Frozen in time: Why does nobody want to hear Ice Cube rap any more?|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=November 30, 2018}}</ref> which spawned a successful franchise and reshaped his public image into a bankable movie star.<ref name=":16" /> He made his directorial debut with the 1998 film ''[[The Players Club]]'', and also produced and curated the film's accompanying [[The Players Club (soundtrack)|soundtrack]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kubernik |first=Harvey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wp-Xc4lMnRUC&dq=ice+cube+players+club+soundtrack&pg=PA211 |title=Hollywood Shack Job: Rock Music in Film and on Your Screen |date=2006 |publisher=UNM Press |isbn=978-0-8263-3542-5 |language=en}}</ref> As of 2020, he has appeared in about 40 films, including the 1999 war comedy ''[[Three Kings (1999 film)|Three Kings]]'', family comedies like the [[Barbershop (film series)|''Barbershop'' series]], and buddy cop comedies ''[[21 Jump Street (film)|21 Jump Street]]'', ''[[22 Jump Street]]'', and ''[[Ride Along (film)|Ride Along]]''.<ref name=":5" /> He was an executive producer of many of these films, as well as of the 2015 biopic ''[[Straight Outta Compton (film)|Straight Outta Compton]]''.