Editing Ice Cube (section)

==Personal life==
In 1990, a musical associate in the rap group [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]] introduced Cube to the [[Nation of Islam]] (NOI).<ref name="wweek.com">Martin Cizmar, [https://www.wweek.com/music/2016/08/23/ice-cube-is-one-of-raps-original-gangsters-but-he-is-also-one-of-hip-hops-most-unconventional-political-activists "Ice Cube is one of rap's original gangsters, but he is also one of hip hop's most unconventional political activists"], ''[[Willamette Week]],'' Aug 23, 2016, updated Oct 3, 2016.</ref> He [[converted to Islam]],<ref name="Business Insider2">{{cite web|date=October 27, 2014|title=These 9 famous Americans are all Muslim|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/these-9-famous-americans-are-all-muslim-2014-10|website=Business Insider}}</ref> though he denied membership in the NOI,<ref name="chillin">{{cite news|date=February 25, 2000|title=Chillin' with Cube|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/feb/25/icecube}}</ref> whose ideology against white people and [[Antisemitism|especially Jews]] led to its categorization as a [[hate group]] by the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]].<ref>The [[Southern Poverty Law Center]], an advocacy group, is categorical in its declaration that the Nation of Islam is a [[hate group]] [https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/nation-islam "Nation of Islam"], ''SPLCenter.org'', The Southern Poverty Law Center, visited 15 Jun 2020]. Yet although that view has arguments in its favor, including the NOI's ideology of black superiority and white guilt as well as Jewish guilt, that is not a consensus view among scholars, who identify other context and functions of the NOI [Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld, ''Hate Crimes: Causes, Controls, and Controversies'', 4th ed.] (Thousand Oaks, CA: [[SAGE Publications]], 2018), [https://books.google.com/books?id=v35ZDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Nation+of+Islam%22 indexing "Nation of Islam"].</ref> However, he readily adopted the group's ideology of [[black nationalism]],<ref name=":8" /> a concept familiar to the hip hop community.<ref name=":9">Dawn-Marie Gibson, "Embracing the Nation: Hip-hop, Louis Farrakhan, and alternative music", in Andre E. Johnson, ed., ''Urban God Talk: Constructing a Hip Hop Spirituality'' (Lanham, Maryland: [[Lexington Books]], 2013), pp [https://books.google.com/books?id=4Y5WAgAAQBAJ&dq=Farrakhan+Farrakhan's&pg=PA140 140]–[https://books.google.com/books?id=4Y5WAgAAQBAJ&dq=Farrakhan+Ice+Cube+anti-semitism&pg=PA141 141].</ref> He nevertheless has claimed to listen to his own conscience as a "natural [[Muslim]]",<ref name="wweek.com"/> claiming to do so because "it's just [him] and God".<ref>{{cite web|title=Muslim Celebrities|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/famous-muslim-celebrities/12/|access-date=August 15, 2016|website=CBS}}</ref> In 2012, he expressed support for [[same-sex marriage]].<ref name="coorslight">{{cite web|title=Ice Cube on Coors Light, Burger King and Gay Marriage|url=http://adage.com/article/news/ice-cube-coors-light-burger-king-gay-marriage/234803/|last1=Schultz|first1=E.J.|website=AdAge.com|date=May 16, 2012|access-date=June 18, 2014}}</ref> In 2017, he said that he thinks "religion is stupid" in part and explained, "I'm gonna live a long life, and I might change religions three or four times before I die. I'm on the Islam tip—but I'm on the Christian tip, too. I'm on the [[Buddhist]] tip as well. Everyone has something to offer to the world."<ref name=":14">{{cite news|last1=Stern|first1=Marlow|date=February 2, 2017|title=Ice Cube on Donald 'Easy D' Trump: 'Everybody is getting what they deserve'|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-cube-on-donald-easy-d-trump-everybody-is-getting-what-they-deserve|access-date=June 6, 2017|work=The Daily Beast}}</ref>

Ice Cube has been married to Kimberly Woodruff since April 26, 1992.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kimberly Woodruff|url=https://ecelebrityfacts.com/kimberly-woodruff|website=Ecelebrityfacts.com|date=November 9, 2016|access-date=September 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=23 Yrs & Counting: Ice Cube Gives Advice On The Key to Marital Bliss|url=https://www.blackloveadvice.com/2015/09/23-yrs-counting-ice-cube-gives-advice-on-the-key-to-marital-bliss/|access-date=July 18, 2016|archive-date=February 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211110635/https://www.blackloveadvice.com/2015/09/23-yrs-counting-ice-cube-gives-advice-on-the-key-to-marital-bliss/|url-status=dead}}</ref> They have four children together;<ref>{{cite web|title=Ice Cube's 4 Kids: All About O'Shea Jr., Darrell, Kareema and Shareef|url=https://people.com/all-about-ice-cube-kids-7504712|access-date=October 3, 2024}}</ref> their oldest son [[O'Shea Jackson Jr.]] (born 1991) portrayed him in the film ''[[Straight Outta Compton (film)|Straight Outta Compton]]''.<ref>{{cite web|date=August 7, 2015|title=Ice Cube's Son O'Shea Jackson Jr. Had to Audition for Straight Outta Compton|url=http://www.people.com/article/ice-cube-son-oshea-jackson-audition-straight-outta-compton}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ice Cube|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001084/bio|website=IMDb|access-date=September 29, 2017}}</ref> When asked about the balance between his music and parenting in 2005, Cube discussed teaching his children to question the value of violence depicted in all media, not just song lyrics. Through his son O'Shea Jackson Jr., Ice Cube became a grandfather in August, 2017.<ref name="NPR">{{cite web|title=Actor and Musician Ice Cube: 'Are We There Yet?'|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4276517|author=Gross, Terry|author-link=Terry Gross|date=January 10, 2005|work=[[Fresh Air]]|publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Rapper Ice Cube Now A Grandfather After Son O'Shea Jackson Jr. Reportedly Welcomes A Baby |url=http://scubby.com/rapper-ice-cube-now-grandfather-son-oshea-jackson-jr-reportedly-welcomes-baby/ |access-date=5 May 2019 |work=Scubby |date=21 September 2017}}</ref>

In 2017, he launched [[Big3]], a [[3x3 (basketball)|3-on-3]] basketball league starring former [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] players.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ice Cube creates BIG3|url=http://big3.com/index.php/league-philosophy/overview|website=AdAge.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113161014/http://big3.com/index.php/league-philosophy/overview|archive-date=January 13, 2017|access-date=January 12, 2017}}</ref> Ice Cube is a notable fan of the [[Las Vegas Raiders]], originally supporting the team during their tenure in [[Los Angeles Raiders|Los Angeles]] from 1982 to 1994. NWA's use of Raiders' memorabilia in conjunction with the team's historically intimidating presence, helped to further popularized an image for the team in hip-hop culture for years to come.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.espn.com/espn/photos/gallery/_/id/9697611/image/1/makeup | title=Raider Nation: Behind the Makeup| work=ESPN| date=2010-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Mills|first=Roger|title=Raider nation No matter how far-flung Raider fans are, they are trash and remain united by a fierce and belligerent loyalty|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2003/01/25/Bucs/Raider_nation.shtml}}</ref> Ice Cube is also a fan of the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] of MLB, performing a pregame show before game 2 of the [[2024 World Series]] and later at the team's World Series win celebration at [[Dodger Stadium]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/sports/a/jose-martinez/ice-cube-suggests-los-angeles-dodgers-need-to-get-some-black-ballplayers|title=Ice Cube on How Dodgers Can Achieve Success: 'They Need to Get Some Black Ballplayers'|website=[[Complex Networks]] }}</ref> and has equally been a devout fan of the [[Los Angeles Lakers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketballnetwork.net/off-the-court/ice-cube-recalls-his-favorite-lakers-childhood-memory-featuring-magic-johnson|title="Magic's hands were soft as a baby" - Ice Cube recalls his favorite Lakers childhood memory featuring Magic Johnson|date=November 30, 2023 }}</ref>

=== Conspiracy theories and antisemitism ===
At a 1991 press conference promoting his album ''[[Death Certificate (album)|Death Certificate]]'', Cube endorsed the Nation of Islam's [[Pseudo-scholarship|pseudo-scholarly]] book ''[[The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews]]'', which falsely claims that European Jews dominated the [[Atlantic slave trade]].<ref name=":12">{{Cite book |last=Woldu |first=Gail Hilson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HrUYZm3xZQgC |title=The Words and Music of Ice Cube |date=2008-10-30 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-313-08078-4 |pages=37 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Adler |first=Bill |date=2020 |title=An Open Letter to Ari Melber About Ice Cube |url=https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/bill-adler-ice-cube-ari-melber |access-date=16 April 2023 |website=Tablet Magazine}}</ref> ''Death Certificate'' also contains the song "[[No Vaseline]]",<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":0">JTA, [https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/rapper-ice-cube-scuffles-with-rabbi-outside-casino-hit-with-2ml-law-suit-404511 "Rapper Ice Cube scuffles with rabbi outside casino, hit with $2ml lawsuit"], ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]'', JPost.com, Jpost Inc., May 30, 2015.</ref> which uses racial slurs against the other former members of N.W.A and refers to the group's manager [[Jerry Heller]] as  "white man", "white boy", "Jew", "white Jew", "[[Wiktionary:white devil|devil]]" and "[[cracker (slur)|cracker]]".<ref name=":10">{{cite book|first=Soren|last=Baker|title=The History of Gangster Rap: From Schoolly D to Kendrick Lamar, the Rise of a Great American Art Form|publisher=[[Abrams Image]]|location=New York City|date=2018|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wIFnDwAAQBAJ&q=Vaseline+Eazy+house+nigga+Heller+Jew|quote=...'No Vaseline', specifically its treatment of its two main targets, N.W.A's leader Eazy-E and N.W.A's manager Jerry Heller, whom Ice Cube depicts as teaming to financially molest N.W.A's other members.|isbn=9781683352358}}</ref><ref>[https://www.metrolyrics.com/no-vaseline-lyrics-ice-cube.html "Ice Cube—'No Vaseline' lyrics"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801192648/https://www.metrolyrics.com/no-vaseline-lyrics-ice-cube.html |date=August 1, 2020 }}, ''[[MetroLyrics.com]]'', CBS Interactive Inc., 2020.</ref>

In response to accusations of racism and [[anti-Semitism]], Cube said in 2008, "I ain't got time to be fuckin' anti-Semitic, anti-this, anti-that, [[Anti-Korean sentiment|anti-Korean]]. I ain't got time for that shit. I'm too busy bein' pro-black, you know what I'm saying?"<ref name=":12" /> In 2015, Cube expressed regret at including the word "Jew" in the lyrics of "No Vaseline" and explained that he intended to attack only Heller and not "the whole Jewish race".<ref name=":10" />

In 2020, Marlow Stern wrote an article in the ''[[Daily Beast]]'' addressing Cube's "long, disturbing history" of anti-Semitism.<ref name=":7">{{cite web|first=Marlow|last=Stern|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-cubes-long-disturbing-history-of-anti-semitism|title=Ice Cube's long, disturbing history of anti-Semitism|website=[[The Daily Beast]]|date=June 11, 2020}}</ref> The article was a response to Cube's day-long Twitter posting spree the day before, during which he promoted Nation of Islam leader [[Louis Farrakhan]].<ref name=":9" /> He also shared various disproven anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.<ref name=":1">{{cite magazine|first=Gil|last=Kaufman|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9400472/ice-cube-criticized-anti-semitic-images-conspiracy-theories|title=Ice Cube criticized for posting string of anti-semitic images and conspiracy theories|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=June 2020}}</ref> Again calling himself "just pro-black" and not "anti-anybody", he dismissed "the hype" and professed that he was just "telling [his] truth".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=2020-06-11 |title=Ice Cube Criticized For Posting String of Anti-Semitic Images and Conspiracy Theories |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/ice-cube-criticized-anti-semitic-images-conspiracy-theories-9400472/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>