Ice Cube

OShea Jackson , known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper, record producer, actor, and filmmaker. He began his career as a member of the hiphop group C.I.A. and later joined the seminal rap group N.W.A . After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music and films. Additionally, he has served as one of the producers of the Showtime television series Barbershop and the TBS series Are We There Yet, both of which are based upon films in which he portrayed the main character.

OShea Jackson was born on June 15, 1969 in Baldwin Hills, in the South Central area of Los Angeles, the son of Doris, a hospital clerk and custodian, and Hosea Jackson, who worked as a groundskeeper at UCLA and a machinist. He has an elder brother as well as a halfsister who was killed when Ice Cube was 12. His cousin is Teren Delvon Jones, also known as Del tha Funkee Homosapien, who is a part of the rap group Hieroglyphics and who has also worked with Gorillaz and Kam of rap group The Warzone. In his early teens, Ice Cube developed an interest in hip hop music, and began writing raps in George Washington Preparatory High Schools Los Angeles keyboarding class. Jackson penned his rap song in the ninth grade after a friend challenged him to write a song during the middle of keyboarding class. At the age of 16, Jackson sold his first song to future N.W.A. member EazyE. Jackson also attended William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California. He enrolled at the Phoenix Institut

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