Ice Cube

Biography

Ice Cube was born as O'Shea Jackson in South Central Los Angeles, California. At age sixteen, Ice Cube developed an interest in hip hop music, and began writing raps and performing at parties hosted by Dr. Dre. In 1987 Cube and Dr. Dre released the EP My Posse as CIA band. Then Ice Cube launched cooperation with Eazy-E writing songs for the group N.W.A. (short for Niggaz With Attitude) formed by Ice Cube, Dre, and other rappers. In 1988, they released Straight Outta Compton, a piece of rap classics. However leader of the band Ice Cube was not satisfied with the terms of the contract leaving him a tiny sum. He decided to start a solo career. Cube's first solo album was released in New York City, with his group Da Lench Mob, and the Bomb Squad (Public Enemy's production team), in 1991. AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted was a revolutionary effort making rap as popular as never before. The easy-to-understand, yet rude and straightforward, lyrics caused Ice many problems. He was accused of racism and misogyny. This success was followed by Ice's cinema debut in John Singleton's drama, Boyz N the Hood. Also in 1991, he released the sensational EP, Kill At Will, the first hip hop EP to go both Gold and Platinum.

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