Ice Cube facts for kids

Ice Cube
Ice Cube at the screening of Ride Along on January 9, 2014
Background information
Birth name	O'Shea Jackson
Born	June 15, 1969 (1969-06-15)
Origin	South Central Los Angeles, California, USA
Genres	Hip hop West Coast hip hop gangsta rap political rap
Occupation(s)	Rapper, record producer, actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer
Instruments	keyboards, sampler
Years active	1984 – present
Labels	Priority (1987-1996) Lench Mob (1994-present) EMI (2006-Present)
Associated acts	N.W.A, Westside Connection, WC, 2Pac, Da Lench Mob, Yo-Yo, Cypress Hill, Mack 10

O'Shea Jackson Sr. (born June 15, 1969), better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper, actor, screenwriter and producer. He was a member of the well-known rap group N.W.A., who is best known for popularizing the gangsta rap genre with Straight Outta Compton (1988). After leaving N.W.A. in 1989, he began his solo work.

Discography

Studio albums

• AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990)
• Death Certificate (1991)
• The Predator (1992)
• Lethal Injection (1993)
• War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc) (1998)
• War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc) (2000)
• Laugh Now, Cry Later (2006)
• Raw Footage (2008)
• I Am the West (2010)
• Everythang's Corrupt (2015)

Extended Plays

• Kill at Will (1990)

Images for kids

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  Ice Cube as a senior in high school, 1987

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  A ticket from a 1993 Ice Cube concert in Omaha, Nebraska