Born name

O’Shea Jackson

nickname

ice cubes

Sun sign

Twins

Place of birth

Compton, California, USA

nationality

training

Ice Cube attended George Washington Preparatory High School and William Howard Taft High School in Los Angeles.

After graduating from high school, he was admitted to the Phoenix Institute of Technology in the fall semester of 1987. He earned his draftsman’s degree in just one year.

occupation

Rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor and filmmaker

family

• Father – Hosea Jackson (machinist and groundskeeper at UCLA)
• Mother – Doris Jackson (Hospital Attendant and Janitor)
• Siblings – Beverley Jean Brown (older half-sister) (killed in a violent incident aged 22). He also has an older brother.
• Others – Teren Delvon Jones (known as Del the Funky Homosapien) (cousin)

Manager

United Talent Agency

Genre

Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap, Politischer Hip Hop, G-Funk, Hardcore Rap, West Coast Rap

instruments

Life

labels

Reckless, Priority, EMI, Lench Mob Records

To build

Average

Height

5 feet 8 inches or 173 cm

weight

84 kg or 185 lbs

girlfriend/spouse

ice cube dated –

• Kimberly Woodruff (1985-Present) – Ice Cube began dating Kimberly Woodruff in 1985 while studying in high school. He had also alluded to their love life in a rap song released in 1988. Before marrying in 1992, she gave birth to two sons, Darrell Jackson (born December 1986) and O’Shea Jackson Jr. (born February 1991). In February 1994 she gave birth to their daughter Kareema and in June 2000 to their son Shareef.

race/ethnicity

Schwarz

hair colour

Schwarz

eye color

dark brown

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• Medium beard with stubble
• Raised eyebrows
• Four dotted marks near his right eye.

measurements

Ice Cube body specifications can be:

• Chest – 107 cm or 42 inches
• Arms/biceps – 34 cm or 13.5 inches
• Waist – 37 inches or 94 cm

shoe size

unknown

brand promotion

Ice Cube has starred in TV commercials for –

• St. Ides Malt Liquor (1993)
• Coors Light Beer (along with Cat Wilson)
• Von Cube only

Religion

Islam

Known for

• To be one of the founding stars of gangsta rap.
• Starring in the comedy film series, Barber .

First album

His first studio album with NWA was NWA and the Posse released in 1987.

Ice Cube released his first individual studio album, AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted in May 1990 under Priority Records. It peaked at number 19 on the Billboard 200.

first movie

Cube first appeared in a 1991 teen hood drama Boys Around as Darrin Baker.

First TV show

In 1994, Ice Cube guest-appeared on an episode of the Fox sitcom The Sinbad Show .

Personal trainer

In order to lose some weight and prevent more, he tries to keep his portion sizes under control as fat builds up over his midsection. That way he can eat whatever he likes without worrying too much. He believes that most of the time when you’re craving something, you just want the taste of it, so eat half a burger or half a bag of fries. He also cut back on sugar.

Ice cube favorite things

• Food – Chicken Chimichanga, Ground Beef Quesadilla
• Los Angeles Restaurant – El Cholo
• Cheese – Cheddar
• Song – What’s Up ( By Marvin Gaye)
• Dance Song – (Not Just) Knee Deep ( By Funkadelic)
• Karaoke Song – Superfly (Durch Curtis Mayfield)
• NFL-Team – Oakland Raiders
• Movie – Bake (1975)

ice cube facts

1. Ice Cube was the only member of the NWA band not to have been born in Compton. He was also the youngest member of the band when the band formed, just 17 years old.
2. He was converted to Islam in the early 1990s. However, he rarely went to the mosque, believing that everything was between him and his god and he could reach him from the confines of his home.
3. He got his nickname, Ice Cube from his older brother, who thought he was too cool for his age, as Cube regularly called his brother’s girlfriends when they called their house phone.
4. He has his own clothing line called Solo by Cube. The hooded sweatshirts that have speakers built into hood strings are particularly famous.
5. After his falling out with Priority Records, he formed his own record label, Lench Mob Records , out of animosity towards his former record label.
6. He has also started his own production company, Cube Vision , which has produced his many hits Barber and Beauty Salon , among others .
7. In 2006, MTV ranked him #8 on their list of “The 10 Best MCs of All Time”.
8. US color magazine The Source ranked Ice Cube ^14th in their list of “Top 50 Poets of All Time” in 2012.
9. In January 2017, he announced the launch of a professional basketball league called BIG3 with a 3v3 concept. The teams consisted of former NBA players.
10. He enrolled in an architecture degree because he felt his rap career wasn’t going to be profitable enough.
11. Visit his official website @ icecube.com.
12. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, VEVO, Google+, VEVO, SoundCloud, iTunes.