Ice Cube's original name is O'Shea Jackson and is an American rapper and actor. He began his career with a hip-hop group CIA and then a rap group N.W.A. His acting career started with movies and series like Boyz n The Hood, Friday and Barbershop. He has even been the producer of Showtime Television series Barbershop and TBS's Are We There Yet? Ice Cube is said to be the founding artist of gangsta rap which mostly contained socio-political commentary. Although one of hip-hop's most controversial artist, he was ranked number 8 on MTV's list of 10 Greatest MCs of all time. The source.com and About.com has also given him similar rankings and appreciations. He has released albums like AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Death Certificate, The Predator, Raider Nation, I am the West and many more including ones with equally famous collaborations. Recently, he has worked in movies like 22 Jump Street, Fist Fight, The Book of Life and XXX:Xander Cage.
Ice Cube Religion
Born in Baldin Hills, Los Angeles, he converted to Islam in mid-1980s. However, he has proclaimed that he is not exactly a practicing Muslim, rather just a believer of this faith.
Ice Cube Political Views
His raps and songs often consist of social and political commetatory that shows his sensitivity towarda causes and that he wishes to disseminate some awareness through his songs.
Who is he/she dating?
Ice Cube is married to Kinderly Woodruff and has four children. His son O'Shea jr. even played the role of his son in Straight Outta Compton.
Ice Cube Hobbies
With a diploma in Architecture at the Phoenix Institute of Technology, art and craft can be considered as his primary passion. Other than that, since he started writing raps at a very young age, it can be guessed that he is a splendid lyricist.
Interesting Facts
Ice Cube has a licensed clothing line which features hooded sweatshirs with built-in headphones, Solo By Cube.
He has appeared for advertisements such as Coors Light Beer and was once a spokesman for St. Ides malt liquor.
In the beginning of 2017, he has announced BIG3 which is a 3-on-3 professional concept basketball league featuring former NBA players, set to be a championship game.
He appeared at the Forbes list of "Hip-Hop Rap Kings".
Ice Cube has his own record labels company Lench Mob Records and a production company called Cube Vision.
He is an ardent supporter of Oakland Raiders American Football team.
Sources
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001084/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube
