Editing Ice Cube (section)

===Narrative===
[[John Singleton]]'s seminal film ''[[Boyz n the Hood]]'', released in July 1991, debuted the actor Ice Cube playing Doughboy, a persona that Cube played convincingly.<ref name=":15" /> Later, Cube starred with [[Ice-T]] and [[Bill Paxton]] in [[Walter Hill (filmmaker)|Walter Hill]]'s 1992 thriller film ''[[Trespass (1992 film)|Trespass]]'', and in Charles Burnett's 1995 film ''[[The Glass Shield]]''. Meanwhile, Cube declined to costar with [[Janet Jackson]] in Singleton's 1993 romance ''[[Poetic Justice (film)|Poetic Justice]]'', a role that [[Tupac Shakur]] then played.

Cube starred as the university student Fudge in Singleton's 1995 film ''[[Higher Learning]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Maslin, Janet|author-link=Janet Maslin|date=January 11, 1995|title=Film review: Higher Learning; short course in racism on a college campus|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/11/movies/film-review-higher-learning-short-course-in-racism-on-a-college-campus.html|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Singleton, encouraging Cube, had reportedly told him, "If you can write a record, you can write a movie."<ref>{{cite web|date=February 28, 2000|title=Ice Cube—brief article|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-60041449.html|access-date=February 13, 2008|work=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]}}</ref> Cube cowrote the screenplay for the 1995 comedy ''[[Friday (1995 film)|Friday]]'', based on adult themes, and starred in it with comedian [[Chris Tucker]]. Made with $3.5 million, ''Friday'' drew $28&nbsp;million worldwide. Two sequels, ''[[Next Friday]]'' and ''[[Friday After Next]]'', were respectively released in 2000 and 2002.

In 1997, playing a South African exiled to America who returns 15 years later, Cube starred in the action thriller ''[[Dangerous Ground (1997 film)|Dangerous Ground]]'', and had a supporting role in ''[[Anaconda (1997 film)|Anaconda]]''. In 1998, writing again, the director Ice Cube debuted in ''[[The Players Club]]''. In 1999, he starred alongside [[George Clooney]] and [[Mark Wahlberg]] as a [[staff sergeant]] in ''[[Three Kings (1999 film)|Three Kings]]'', set in the immediate aftermath of the [[Gulf War]], whereby the United States attacked Iraq in 1990, an "intelligent" war comedy critically acclaimed.<ref name=":5" /> In 2002, Cube starred in [[Kevin Bray (director)|Kevin Bray]]'s ''[[All About the Benjamins]]'', and in [[Tim Story]]'s comedy film ''[[Barbershop (film)|Barbershop]]''.

In 2004, Cube played in ''[[Barbershop 2: Back in Business|Barbershop 2]]'' and ''[[Torque (film)|Torque]]''. The next year, he replaced [[Vin Diesel]] in the second installment of the [[XXX (film series)|''XXX'' film series]], ''[[XXX: State of the Union]]'', as the main protagonist, which he reprises the character in the third installment and reunited with Diesel 12 years later, ''[[XXX: Return of Xander Cage]]''. He also appeared in the family comedy ''[[Are We There Yet? (film)|Are We There Yet?]]'', which premised his role in its 2007 sequel ''[[Are We Done Yet?]]''. In 2012, Cube appeared in ''[[21 Jump Street (film)|21 Jump Street]]''. He also appeared in its sequel, ''[[22 Jump Street]]'', in 2014. That year, and then to return in 2016, he played alongside comedian [[Kevin Hart]] in two more Tim Story films, ''[[Ride Along (film)|Ride Along]]'' and ''[[Ride Along 2]]''. Also in 2016, Cube returned for the [[Barbershop: The Next Cut|third entry in the ''Barbershop'' series]]. And in 2017, Cube starred with [[Charlie Day]] in the comedy ''[[Fist Fight]]''.

In October 2021, Ice Cube was set to star in the comedy film ''Oh Hell No'' (now titled ''Stepdude''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Donnelly |first1=Matt |title=''Weird: The Al Yankovic Story's'' Eric Appel Boards Sony Comedy ''Stepdude'' as Writer-Director |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/jack-black-sony-comedy-eric-appel-weird-al-1235429973/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]] |date=November 11, 2022}}</ref>) alongside [[Jack Black]], but left the project after refusing to get vaccinated for [[COVID-19]]. The project would have paid him $9 million.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|last2=Masters|first2=Kim|date=November 29, 2021|title=Ice Cube Exits Sony Comedy 'Oh Hell No' After Declining COVID-19 Vaccine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ice-cube-exits-sony-comedy-oh-hell-no-after-declining-covid-19-vaccine-1235038369/|access-date=November 2, 2021|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en-US}}</ref>