Ice Cube

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Ice Cube Biography

Ice Cube

Ice Cube (born June 15, 1969 in Crenshaw, Los Angeles, bourgeois O'Shea Jackson) is an American rap musician, songwriter, screenwriter, producer and actor. He was a member of the rap group NWA and Westside Connection and released nine solo albums. In addition to the musical career he has starred in several films including the series of Friday and Barbershop movies, which he also produced and for which he wrote down on the script.

Monitoring

Ice Cube grew up as the fourth child of UCLA employees Hosea and Doris Jackson in South Central. He attended the William Taft High School in the 30 kilometers from his home located at Woodland Hills at the same time as the House Of Pain-founder Daniel O'Connor and Erik Schrody. At 14, he began with Sir Jinx and Kid Disaster with the stallion. They established the formation of the CIA , which they performed at parties by Dr. Dre. His stage name means in German ice cubes, but is also the name of a gemstone variety.

From 1986: N.W.A
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After the dissolution of C.I.A. founded Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Eazy-E Ice Cube NWA 1986, the group met the former drug dealer Eazy-E know about Dr. Dre. The latter asked Ice Cube to write a song for him. The proposed track "Boyz n the Hood" by Eazy E was initially rejected, but later on in 1987 NWA-released debut album NWA And The Posse released. After unsuccessful album Ice Cube left Los Angeles to Phoenix, Arizona Bauzeichnen studying for a year. He came back to 1988 again and started with the NWA album Straight Outta Compton, which is the first successful hip-hop album of the west coast was. The album was with Ice Cube MC Ren is responsible for the lyrics, wrote the most part. Because of disputes over the distribution of income with manager Jerry Heller of NWA Ice Cube left the group 1989th

As of 1990: Ice Cube solo

After the split of NWA Ice Cube went to New York to meet with the producer of Public Enemy and the Bomb Squad Da Lench Mob crew working on his solo debut album, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted to. The 1990 album released by Priority Records within two weeks achieved gold status, then platinum, and was ranked 19 of the Billboard Top 100 The album was criticized for its violent and homophobic lyrics.

His second solo album, Death Certificate with the same production team was published in 1991. It was even more radical in content than its predecessor. Especially the song No Vaseline, a Disstrack against NWA's manager Heller, was added as anti-Semitic. The song Black Korea was to burn down an invitation of Korean shops owners, as happened with the 1992 Los Angeles riots was criticized. Billboard Magazine Album of the week closed the published lists of the Top 100 made, although the album where the 2nd Course reached. This was the first time that an artist was excluded because of the content of his album. In the same year, Ice Cube to assume the role of Darin "Doughboy" Baker, a principal part of the movie Boyz in the Hood persuaded.

Published in 1992, Ice Cube his third album, The Predator, which contains the single "It was a good day" and cooperation "Check your self" with Das EFX. The production was no longer of the Bomb Squad, but taken over by Ice Cube himself, Sir Jinx, DJ Muggs Cypress Hill and DJ Pooh. The album was the first one in both the pop and R & B charts at number got in 1st In the same year he married Kimberly Woodruff, with whom he has four children. He worked as a songwriter at Lench mob album Guerillas in tha Mist, and assumed a role in Walter Hill movie Trespass.

Brought after his 1993 released album Lethal Injection, which was less successful than the predecessor, until 1998 no more solo albums on the market. In 1994, he took with his former fellow NWA Dr. Dre, the single "Natural Born Killaz" for The Movie Soundtrack by Snoop Doggy Dogg Murder Was The Case on. He founded the label Lench Mob Records, were released later in the several works by K-Dee, Kausion and toilet.

From 1995: First film projects

Ice Cube in 1995 together with DJ Pooh wrote the screenplay for the comedy Friday. In the movie with Chris Tucker, he took the leading roles. On the accompanying soundtrack, he was represented with the title track "Friday". Between Ice Cube and Cypress Hill, there was beef, because B-Real Ice Cube accused parts of the song "Throw Your Set in the Air" stolen and used for his contribution on the soundtrack to have. B-Real had played to the album III: Temples of Boom privately before the publication of Ice Cube. Made in several Disstracks both sides, each supported by several other rappers allegations. The dispute was completed in 1997 during a joint radio appearance .

Along with Mack 10 and WC 1996, the group he formed Westside Connection, which published the same year her debut album, Bow Down. From then on, he took roles in several films.

In the years 1998 and released in 2000, Ice Cube, the two parts of Volume 1 (The War Disc) and Volume 2 (The Peace Disc) War & Peace of the album. Both albums were not as aggressive and not so successful as the earlier releases. They reached gold status, but could not generate any chart success. In 1998, he took seeds for their album Follow the Leader, the song "Children of the corn which was published in 1999 as a single.

He participated along with several other West Coast rappers like Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Xzibit, Nate Dogg, Kurupt, MC Ren, Warren G and Eminem on the Up in Smoke tour, which included 44 concerts in the U.S. .
From 2000: solo break

After double-album Ice Cube focused on acting. With the exception of the 2003 album Terrorist Threats Westside Connection released, he was only involved in musical soundtracks and guest contributions. Mack 10 separated from Westside Connection, Ice Cube because he was disruptive in Hollywood's commitment to the development of the group.

Also in 2000, founded Ice Cube film Cube Vision production company through which he subsequently conducted its own film projects. The Friday movies, except the first, the Barbershop series, All about the money, and more have been produced by the company. Even the 2006 broadcast reality show Black. White. was produced by Cubevision. In the six episodes of the show shared a white and a colored family gathering by professional make-up the skin color experiences as a member of another race. Ice Cube took up with Warren G the title song. The series was criticized for supporting racial stereotypes and prejudices and populist comparisons. Contrary to the series 'white' family consisted of professional actors, who were selected at a casting and bore no relationship to each other. The series was honored with the Emmy for the mask .

Between 2000 and 2006, he starred in several films. In addition to the self-written Next Friday, All About the Benjamins and Friday After Next, he had lead roles in action movies XXX 2 - The Next Level and Hart am Limit, as well as the comedies Barbershop and Are We There Yet?.
2006: Seventh solo album

Published in 2006 his seventh solo album, Ice Cube Laugh Now, Cry Later, which reached # 4 on the Billboard Top 100. The album was again aggressive than its predecessor albums. The producers of the album are in addition to Lil Jon, Scott Storch, Swizz Beatz and DJ Green Lantern also producers with fewer publications such as D'Maq, and Mike Epps. The album was the first solo album that did not appear at Priority Records Ice Cube but with its own Lench Mob Records label.

Discography
Albums
Year Title Chart positions status Label Notes
DE AT CH U.S. UK
1987 NWA And The Posse NWA - - - - - Gold Macola Records 1989 re-released by Ruthless Records. Gold 1994
1988 Straight Outta Compton, NWA - - - 37 35 2x platinum Ruthless Records
1990 AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted - - - 19 - Platinum Priority Records
1990 Kill At Will - - - 34 - Gold Priority Records EP
1991 Death Certificate - - - 2 - Platinum Priority Records
1992 The Predator 60 - - 1 - Platinum Priority Records
1993 Lethal Injection 66 - - 5 - Platinum Priority Records
1996 Bow Down, Westside Connection - - - 2 - Platinum Lench Mob Records
1998 & Peace - Volume 1 (The War Disc) War - - - - - Gold Priority Records
2000 & Peace - Volume 2 (The Peace Disc) 29 War - - - - Gold Priority Records
2003 Hoo-Bangin 'Records, Westside Connection - - - 16 - Gold Hoo-Bangin' Records
2006 Laugh Now, Cry Later - - 63 4 - Gold Lench Mob Records
2007 In The Movies - - - 169 - Gold Priority Records, Capitol Records compilation of movie soundtracks
2008 Raw Footage - - 53 5 - - Lench Mob Records
2008 The Essentials - - - - - - Priority Records Best Of from the publications of Priority

Note: albums, Ice Cube released as part of a group, are shown with a white background.

Filmography
As an actor

* 1991: Boyz N Da Hood as Doughboy It
* 1992: Trespass as Savon
* 1994: The Glass Shield as Teddy Woods
* 1995: Higher Learning - The rebels (Higher Learning) as Fudge
* 1995: Friday when Craig
* 1997: Dangerous Ground as Vusi Madlazi
* 1997: Anaconda as Danny Rich
* 1998: The Players Club as Reggie
* 1998: I Got the Hook Up with Gun Runner
* 1999: Three Kings as SSgt. Chief Elgin
* 1999: Thicker Than Water with Slink
* 2000: Next Friday when Craig
* 2001: Ghosts of Mars as James 'Desolation' Williams
* 2002: All About the Money (All About the Benjamins) and Bucum
* 2002: Barbershop Calvin Palmer
* 2002: Friday After Next as Craig
* 2004: Hart am Limit as Trey
* 2004: Barbershop 2: Back in Business as Calvin
* 2005: Are We There Yet? (Are We There Yet? ") As Nick Persons
* 2005: xXx 2 - The Next Level as Darius Stone
* 2007: Are We Done Yet? (Are We Done Yet? ") As Nick Persons
* 2007: Tough Love
* 2008: First Sunday as Durell

As a producer and director

* 1995: Friday
* 1997: Dangerous Ground
* 1998: The Players Club Director
* 2000: Next Friday
* 2002: All About the Money (All About the Benjamins)
* 2002: Friday After Next
* 2002: Barbershop
* 2004: Barbershop 2: Back In Business
* 2005: Barbershop: The Series
* 2005: Are We There Yet?
* 2005: Beauty Shop
* 2006: Black. White.
* 2007: Are We Done Yet?
* 2008: First Sunday