:Ice Cube

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O'Shea Jackson was born in Los Angeles on June 15, 1969, to hospital clerk and custodian Doris and machinist and UCLA groundskeeper Hosea Jackson.{{cite book | title=Encyclopedia of African American Business, Volume 1 | publisher=Greenwood | first=Jessie Carney|last=Smith | year=2006}}{{cite book |url={{Google books|-VYN_LWZwf4C|page=PA403|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |last=Muhammad |first=Baiyina W. |chapter=O'Shea 'Ice Cube' Jackson (1965– ), Rapper, Lyricst, Producer, Actor, ScreenWriter, Director, Film Producer and Businessman |title=Encyclopedia of African American Business |volume=1 |pages=403–5 |editor-first=Jessie Carney|editor-last=Smith |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |location=Westport, Connecticut|year=2006 |isbn=9780313331107}}{{cite web|url=http://hiphop.sh/cube|title=Ice Cube|publisher=Hiphop.sh|access-date=December 12, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016060405/http://hiphop.sh/cube|archive-date=October 16, 2012}}{{cite magazine|last=Nashawaty|first=Chris|date=November 15, 2002|title=They call him Mister Cube|url=https://ew.com/article/2002/11/15/they-call-him-mister-cube/|access-date=June 1, 2010|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|archive-date=December 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205120704/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,388411,00.html|url-status=live}} He has an older brother,{{cite web|author=Mark Armstrong |url=http://blog.longreads.com/2014/08/13/the-believer-interview-ice-cube/ |title=The Believer Interview: Ice Cube : Longreads Blog |publisher=Blog.longreads.com |date=August 13, 2014 |access-date=August 15, 2015}} and they had a half-sister who was murdered when Cube was 12.[http://www.teenink.com/nonfiction/interviews/article/5368/Ice-Cube-Actor-Musician Ice Cube – Actor/Musician | Teen Interview]. Teen nick. Retrieved on December 31, 2011. He is a cousin of fellow rappers Del tha Funky Homosapien and Kam. He grew up on Van Wick Street in the Westmont section of South Los Angeles.{{Cite book|title=Parental Discretion Iz Advised: The Rise of N.W.A and the Dawn of Gangsta Rap|last=Kennedy|first=Gerrick D.|year=2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/cuepoint/ice-cube-check-the-technique-202d2a794008|title=The Making of Ice Cube's "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted"|last=Coleman|first=Brian|date=October 13, 2014|website=Cuepoint|access-date=December 7, 2018}} In ninth grade at George Washington Preparatory High School in Los Angeles,{{cite news|title=Actor and Musician Ice Cube: 'Are We There Yet?'|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4276517|publisher=NPR|access-date=December 12, 2012}} Cube began writing raps after being challenged by his friend "Kiddo" in typewriting class. Kiddo lost.{{cite web|title=Ice Cube Goes Undercover on Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, and Wikipedia {{!}} GQ|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st9sc-ZdhxY&t=334s| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/st9sc-ZdhxY| archive-date=October 28, 2021|via=YouTube| date=February 16, 2017 |access-date=April 7, 2017}}{{cbignore}} He has said that his stage name came from his older brother, who "threatened to slam [him] into a freezer and pull [him] out when [he] was an ice cube".[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWUrDKKlNUU&t=2m19s Ice Cube Explains His Moniker And Gives One To Stephen], interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (aired June 20, 2017, published to YouTube on June 21, 2017)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvPsBd14OG0&t=2m59s Ice Cube's Google Autocomplete Interview] (Wired, published to YouTube on April 11, 2016)

Cube also attended William Howard Taft High School in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles. He was bused {{convert|40|mi}} to the suburban school from his home in a high-crime neighborhood.{{Cite news|date=April 27, 2015|title=Summer movie preview: O'Shea Jackson Jr. plays dad Ice Cube in 'Straight Outta Compton'|url=https://www.dailynews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20150427/summer-movie-preview-oshea-jackson-jr-plays-dad-ice-cube-in-straight-outta-compton|access-date=October 30, 2021|newspaper=Los Angeles Daily News}}{{Cite magazine|title=Five Noteworthy Facts You May Not Know About Ice Cube |magazine=Exclaim!|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/five_noteworthy_facts_you_may_not_know_about_ice_cube|access-date=October 30, 2021}} In the fall of 1987, soon after he wrote and recorded a few locally successful rap songs with N.W.A, he enrolled at the Phoenix Institute of Technology Phoenix, Arizona.{{cite news|author=Jefferson, Jevaillier|date=February 2004|title=Ice Cube: Building On His Vision|work=Black Collegian|url=http://www.black-collegian.com/issues/2ndsem04/icecube2004-2nd.shtml|url-status=dead|access-date=December 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126171147/http://www.black-collegian.com/issues/2ndsem04/icecube2004-2nd.shtml|archive-date=January 26, 2012}} In 1988, with a diploma in architectural drafting, he returned to Los Angeles and rejoined N.W.A, but kept a career in architecture drafting as a backup plan.{{cite web|title=Ice Cube Celebrates the Eames|url=http://www.dezeen.com/2011/12/08/ice-cube-celebrates-the-eames/|date=December 8, 2011|publisher=Dezeen|access-date=April 13, 2016}}

In 1986, at the age of 16, Ice Cube began rapping in the trio C.I.A. but soon joined the newly formed rap group N.W.A. He was N.W.A's lead rapper and main ghostwriter on its official debut album, 1989's Straight Outta Compton. Due to a financial dispute, he left the group by the start of 1990. During 1990, his debut solo album, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, found him also leading a featured rap group, Da Lench Mob. Meanwhile, he helped develop the rapper Yo Yo.Simon Glickman, [https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/yo-yo "Yo Yo"], Contemporary Musicians, Encyclopedia.com, Cengage, updated May 5, 2020.

With friend Sir Jinx, Ice Cube formed the rap group C.I.A., and performed at parties hosted by Dr. Dre. Since 1984, Dre had been a member of a popular DJ crew, the World Class Wreckin' Cru, which by 1985 was also performing and recording electro rap. Dre had Cube help write the Wreckin Cru's hit song "Cabbage Patch". Dre also joined Cube on a side project, a duo called Stereo Crew, which made a 12-inch record, "She's a Skag", released on Epic Records in 1986.{{Cite news|last=Johson|first=Bill|date=May 31, 2010|title=Ice Cube Reminisces On His Very First Gig And Single|work=The Urban Daily|url=http://theurbandaily.com/music/first-things-first-music/billjohnson/ice-cube-reminisces-on-his-very-first-gig-and-single/|access-date=February 21, 2011|archive-date=November 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130032019/http://theurbandaily.com/music/first-things-first-music/billjohnson/ice-cube-reminisces-on-his-very-first-gig-and-single/|url-status=dead}}

In 1987, C.I.A. released the Dr. Dre-produced single "My Posse". Meanwhile, the Wreckin' Cru's home base was the Eve After Dark nightclub, about a quarter of a mile outside of the city of Compton in Los Angeles County. While Dre was on the turntable, Ice Cube would rap, often parodying other artists' songs. In one instance, Cube's rendition was "My Penis", parodying Run-DMC's "My Adidas".{{cite book|last=Brown|first=Jake|title=Dr. Dre in the Studio: From Compton, Death Row, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent, the Game, and Mad Money: the Life, Times, and Aftermath of the Notorious Record Producer, Dr. Dre|date=2006|publisher=Amber Books Publishing|isbn=9780976773559|location=London|page=6}} In 2015, the nightclub's co-owner and Wreckin' leader Alonzo Williams would recall feeling his reputation damaged by this and asking it not to be repeated.[http://allhiphop.com/2015/08/24/world-class-wreckin-crus-lonzo-williams-dr-dre-gay-rumors-straight-outta-compton/ World Class Wreckin' Cru Founder Alonzo Williams Addresses Dr. Dre Gay Rumors & 'Straight Outta Compton'], Allhiphop.com, August 24, 2015

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At 16, Cube sold his first song to Eric Wright, soon dubbed Eazy-E, who was forming Ruthless Records and the musical team N.W.A, based in Compton, California. Himself from South Central Los Angeles, Cube would be N.W.A's only core member not born in Compton.

Upon the success of the song "Boyz-n-the-Hood"—written by Cube, produced by Dre, and rapped by Eazy-E, helping establish gangsta rap in California—Eazy focused on developing N.W.A,Loren Kajikawa, Sounding Race in Rap Songs (Oakland: University of California Press, 2015), [https://books.google.com/books?id=v-x9BgAAQBAJ&dq=Boyz+Straight&pg=PA93 p 93]. which soon gained MC Ren. Cube wrote some of Dre's and nearly all of Eazy's lyrics on N.W.A's official debut album, Straight Outta Compton, released in January 1989.{{Cite web |title=Gold & Platinum |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=N.W.A&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=RIAA |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Interview: Ice Cube Talks About The Making of Eazy-E's "E... |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/rob-kenner/ice-cube-interview-easy-e |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=Complex |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox52unse_43/page/10/mode/2up?q=%22straight+outta+compton%22 |title=Cash Box |date=1989-05-27 |publisher=Cash Box Pub. Co. |others=William and Mary Libraries Special Collections Research Center}}{{Cite web |title=Ice Cube -Interview |url=http://www.bombhiphop.com/newbomb/bombpages/articles/MC/Ice%20Cube.htm |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=www.bombhiphop.com}} Yet by the end of the year, Cube questioned his compensation and N.W.A's management by Jerry Heller.Ice Cube: Attitude (McIver, 2002) {{ISBN|1-86074-428-1}}

Cube also wrote most of Eazy-E's debut album Eazy-Duz-It. He received a total pay of $32,000, and the contract that Heller presented in 1989 did not confirm that he was officially an N.W.A member.Ice Cube: Attitude, Joel McIver, p.70, Foruli Classics, 2012 After leaving the group and its label in December, Cube sued Heller, and the lawsuit was later settled out of court. In response, N.W.A members attacked Cube on the 1990 EP 100 Miles and Runnin', and on N.W.A's next and final album, Niggaz4Life, in 1991.

In early 1990, Ice Cube recorded his debut solo album, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, in New York with iconic rap group Public Enemy's production team, the Bomb Squad. Arriving in May 1990, it was an instant hit, further swelling rap's mainstream integration. Controversial nonetheless, it drew accusations of misogyny and racism. The album introduces Ice Cube's affirmation of black nationalism and ideology of black struggle.

Cube appointed Yo-Yo, a female rapper and guest on the album, to be the head of his record label, and helped produce her debut album, Make Way for the Motherlode. Also in 1990, Cube followed up with an EP—Kill At Will—critically acclaimed, and rap's first EP certified Platinum.{{cite web|title=Ice Cube – Biography|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p48/biography|pure_url=yes}}|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|year=2007|website=Allmusic|access-date=February 13, 2008}}

His second album Death Certificate was released in 1991.{{cite web|last=Jeffries|first=David|date=October 31, 1991|title=Death Certificate – Ice Cube|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/death-certificate-r27942/review|access-date=April 11, 2012|website=AllMusic}} The album was thought to be more focused, yet even more controversial, triggering accusations of anti-white, antisemitic, and misogynistic content. The album was split into two themes: the Death Side, "a vision of where we are today", and the Life Side, "a vision of where we need to go". The track "No Vaseline" scathingly retorts insults directed at him by N.W.A's 1990 EP and 1991 album, which call him a traitor.Sacha Jenkins, Elliott Wilson, Jeff Mao, Gabe Alvarez & Brent Rollins, "Mo' beef, mo' problems: #7, N.W.A vs. Ice Cube", Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists (New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1999), [https://books.google.com/books?id=sB3SAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22100+Miles%22&pg=PA238 p 238].Vlad Lyubovny, interviewer, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdO7SJ5VGoQ "DJ Yella: All of NWA knew Ice Cube won with 'No Vaseline' "], VladTV–DJVlad @ YouTube "Verified" channel, August 22, 2015. Besides calling for hanging Eazy-E as a "house nigga", the track blames N.W.A's manager Jerry Heller for exploiting the group, mentions that he is a Jew, and calls for his murder. Ice Cube contended that he mentioned Heller's ethnicity merely incidentally, not to premise attack, but as news media mention nonwhite assailants' races. The track "Black Korea", also deemed racist, was also thought as foreseeing the 1992 Los Angeles riots. While controversial, Death Certificate broadened his audience; he toured with Lollapalooza in 1992.

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Cube's third album, The Predator, was released in November 1992. Referring to the 1992 Los Angeles riots, the song "Wicked" opens, "April 29 was power to the people, and we might just see a sequel." The Predator was the first album ever to debut at No. 1 on both the R&B/hip-hop and pop charts. Singles include "It Was a Good Day" and "Check Yo Self", songs having a "two-part" music video. Generally drawing critical praise, the album is his most successful commercially, over three million copies sold in the US. After this album, Cube's rap audience severely diminished, and never regained the prominence of his first three albums.

During this time, Cube began to have numerous features on other artists' songs. In 1992, Cube appeared on Del the Funky Homosapien's debut album I Wish My Brother George Was Here, on Da Lench Mob's debut Guerillas in tha Mist, which he also produced, and on the Kool G Rap and DJ Polo song "Two to the Head". In 1993, he worked on Kam's debut album, and collaborated with Ice-T on the track "Last Wordz" on 2Pac's album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z..

Cube's fourth album, Lethal Injection, came out in late 1993. Here, Cube borrowed from the then-popular G-funk popularized by Dr. Dre. Although not received well by critics, the album brought successful singles, including "Really Doe", "Bop Gun (One Nation)", "You Know How We Do It", and "What Can I Do?" After this album, Ice Cube effectively lost his rap audience.

Following Lethal Injection, Cube focused on films and producing albums of other rappers, including Da Lench Mob, Mack 10, Mr. Short Khop, and Kausion. In 1994, Cube teamed with onetime N.W.A groupmate Dr. Dre, who was then leading rap's G-funk subgenre, for the first time since Cube had left the group, and which had disbanded upon Dre's 1991 departure. The result was the Cube and Dre song "Natural Born Killaz", on the Murder Was The Case soundtrack, released by Dre's then-new label, Death Row Records.

In 1995, Cube joined Mack 10 and WC in forming a side trio, the Westside Connection. Feeling neglected by East Coast media, a longstanding issue in rap's bicoastal rivalry, the group aimed to reinforce West pride and resonate with the undervalued. The Westside Connection's first album, Bow Down (1996), featured tracks like "Bow Down" and "Gangstas Make the World Go 'Round" that reflected the group's objectives. The album was certified Platinum by year's end. Interpreting rapper Common's song "I Used to Love H.E.R." as a diss of West Coast rap, Cube and the Westside Connection briefly feuded with him, but they resolved amicably in 1997.{{cite web|date=February 3, 2020|title=Ice Cube says beef with Common was a 'dark moment' in his career|url=https://www.bet.com/article/r4u4j5/ice-cube-recalls-beef-with-common|access-date=June 11, 2020|publisher=BET}}

It was also at this time that Cube began collaborating outside the rap genre. In 1997, he worked with David Bowie and Nine Inch Nails singer Trent Reznor on a remix of Bowie's "I'm Afraid of Americans". In 1998, Cube was featured on the band Korn's song "Children of the Korn", and joined them on their Family Values Tour 1998.

In November 1998, Cube released his long-awaited fifth solo album War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc). The delayed sixth album, Volume 2, arrived in 2000. These albums feature the Westside Connection and a reunion with his old N.W.A members Dr. Dre and MC Ren. Cube also received a return favor from Korn, as they appeared on his song "Fuck Dying" from Vol. 1. Many fans maintained that these two albums, especially the second, were lesser in quality to his earlier work.{{cite web|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|title="War & Peace, Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc)" – Overview|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r465652|pure_url=yes}}|website=Allmusic|access-date=February 13, 2008}} In 2000, Cube also joined Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Snoop Dogg for the Up in Smoke Tour.{{Cite news|last=Pareles|first=Jon|title=Four Hours of Swagger from Dr. Dre and Friends|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E2DE123BF934A25754C0A9669C8B63|work=The New York Times |date=July 17, 2000|access-date=February 13, 2008}}

In 2002, Cube appeared on British DJ Paul Oakenfold's solo debut album, Bunkka, on the track "Get Em Up".

Released in 2003, Westside Connection's second album, Terrorist Threats, fared well critically, but saw lesser sales. "Gangsta Nation" (featuring Nate Dogg), the only single released, was a radio hit. After a rift between Cube and Mack 10 about Cube's film work minimizing the group's touring, the Westside Connection disbanded in 2005.

In 2004, Cube featured on the song "Real Nigga Roll Call" by Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, the then leaders of rap's crunk subgenre.

In 2006, Cube released his seventh solo album, Laugh Now, Cry Later, selling 144,000 units in the first week.{{cite web|title=Ice Cube – Billboard Albums|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p48/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}|website=Allmusic|year=2007|access-date=February 13, 2008}} Lil Jon and Scott Storch produced the lead single, "Why We Thugs". In October, Ice Cube was honored at VH1's Annual Hip Hop Honors, and performed it and also the track "Go to Church". Cube soon toured globally in the Straight Outta Compton Tour—accompanied by rapper WC from the Westside Connection—playing in America, Europe, Australia, and Japan.

Amid Cube's many features and brief collaborations, September 2007 brought In the Movies, a compilation album of Ice Cube songs on soundtracks.Jeffries, David. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1188999|pure_url=yes}} "In the Movies" – Overview]. AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2007.

Cube's eighth studio album, Raw Footage, arrived on August 19, 2008, yielding the singles "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It" and "Do Ya Thang". Also in 2008, Cube helped on Tech N9ne's song "Blackboy", and was featured on The Game's song "State of Emergency".

As a fan of the NFL football team the Raiders, Cube released in October 2009 a tribute song, "Raider Nation".{{cite web|title=Raider Nation!|url=http://icecube.com/news/5743/|publisher=Ice Cube|access-date=June 1, 2010}} In 2009, Ice Cube performed at the Gathering of the Juggalos, and returned to perform at the 2011 festival.{{youTube|5gKE67L97SA|2011 Gathering Of The Juggalos Infomercial}}

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On September 28, 2010, his ninth solo album, I Am the West, arrived with, Cube says, a direction different from any one of his other albums. Its producers include West Coast veterans like DJ Quik, Dr. Dre, E-A-Ski, and, after nearly 20 years, again Cube's onetime C.I.A groupmate Sir Jinx. Offering the single "I Rep That West", the album debuted at #22 on the Billboard 200 and sold 22,000 copies in its first week. Also in 2010, Cube signed up-and-coming recording artist named 7Tre The Ghost, deemed likely to be either skipped or given the cookie-cutter treatment by most record companies.{{cite web|title=Ice Cube Blogs About "I Am The West", Mack 10 | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.10858/title.ice-cube-blogs-about-i-am-the-west-mack-10|last=Jacobs|first=Allen|date=March 19, 2010|publisher=HipHop DX|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926011839/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.10858/title.ice-cube-blogs-about-i-am-the-west-mack-10|archive-date=September 26, 2012|access-date=February 23, 2012}}

In 2011, Cube featured on Daz Dillinger's song "Iz You Ready to Die" and on DJ Quik's song "Boogie Till You Conk Out".

In 2012, Ice Cube recorded a verse for a remix of the Insane Clown Posse song "Chris Benoit", from ICP's The Mighty Death Pop! album, appearing on the album Mike E. Clark's Extra Pop Emporium.{{cite web|title=Grapevine: ICP, Ice Cube team up on new album | The Detroit News|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120517/ENT09/205170387|date=May 17, 2012|publisher=detroitnews.com|access-date=May 27, 2012}}{{dead link|date=April 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}

In September 2012, during Pepsi's NFL Anthems campaign, Cube released his second Raiders anthem "Come and Get It".{{cite web|title=Ice Cube – Come And Get It [New Song]|url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/ice-cube-come-and-get-it-song.996144.html|last1=Lilah|first1=Rose|website=HotNewHipHop|date=September 14, 2012|access-date=April 7, 2017|archive-date=April 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407145021/http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/ice-cube-come-and-get-it-song.996144.html|url-status=dead}}

In November 2012, Cube released more details on his forthcoming, tenth studio album, Everythang's Corrupt. Releasing its title track near the 2012 elections, he added, "You know, this record is for the political heads."{{cite web|title=Ice Cube Details New Song "Everythang's Corrupt" & Album, Praises Kendrick Lamar | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.21729/title.ice-cube-details-new-song-everythangs-corrupt-album-praises-kendrick-lamar|last=Ortiz|first=Edwin|date=November 1, 2012|publisher=HipHop DX|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103073650/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.21729/title.ice-cube-details-new-song-everythangs-corrupt-album-praises-kendrick-lamar|archive-date=November 3, 2014|access-date=May 5, 2013}}{{cite web|title=iTunes – Music – Everythang's Corrupt – Single by Ice Cube|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/everythangs-corrupt-single/id587675433|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008222311/https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/everythangs-corrupt-single/id587675433|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 8, 2013|date=January 4, 2013|publisher=iTunes|access-date=May 5, 2013}} But the album's release was delayed.{{cite web|title=Twitter / icecube|url=https://twitter.com/icecube/status/325003749187792897|publisher=Twitter|access-date=April 20, 2013}} On February 10, 2014, iTunes brought another single from it, "Sic Them Youngins on 'Em",{{cite web|title=iTunes – Music – Sic Them Youngins On 'Em – Single by Ice Cube|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sic-them-youngins-on-em-single/id811683634|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617012251/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sic-them-youngins-on-em-single/id811683634|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 17, 2014|date=February 11, 2014|publisher=iTunes|access-date=May 1, 2014}} and a music video followed the next day.{{cite web|title=Ice Cube – Sic Them Youngins On 'Em | Stream & Listen [New Song]|url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/ice-cube-sic-them-youngins-on-em-new-song.1817937.html|date=February 11, 2014|publisher=Hotnewhiphop.com|access-date=May 1, 2014}} Despite a couple of more song releases, the album's release was delayed even beyond Cube's work on the 2015 film Straight Outta Compton. After a statement setting release to 2017,{{cite magazine|last=Parisi|first=Paula|date=October 6, 2016|title=Ice Cube Goes 'Real Old-School' for 'Mafia III' Original Song 'Nobody Wants to Die'|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7533456/ice-cube-mafia-iii-song-nobody-wants-to-die|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 20, 2017}} the album finally arrived on December 7, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://rollingout.com/2018/10/05/ice-cube-on-hip-hop-beefs-new-album-upcoming-film-excessive-force/|title=Ice Cube on hip-hop beefs, new album, upcoming film 'Excessive Force'|website=rollingout.com|date=October 5, 2018|access-date=May 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030171052/https://rollingout.com/2018/10/05/ice-cube-on-hip-hop-beefs-new-album-upcoming-film-excessive-force/|archive-date=October 30, 2018|url-status=live}}

In 2014, Cube appeared on MC Ren's remix "Rebel Music", their first collaboration since the N.W.A reunion in 2000.Tardio, Andres. [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.29007/title.mc-ren-announces-ice-cube-reunion-disses-this-era-of-rap MC Ren Announces Ice Cube Reunion, Disses This Era Of Rap] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104202251/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.29007/title.mc-ren-announces-ice-cube-reunion-disses-this-era-of-rap|date=November 4, 2014}}, HipHopDX, May 30, 2014.

In 2020, Cube joined rappers Snoop Dogg, E-40, Too Short and formed the supergroup Mt. Westmore. The group's debut album was released on June 7, 2022.{{cite web |title=Too Short and E-40 confirm new joint album with Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube |url=https://www.revolt.tv/article/2020-12-20/63476/too-short-and-e-40-confirm-new-joint-album-with-snoop-dogg-and-ice-cube |website=www.revolt.tv |language=en |access-date=April 22, 2021 |archive-date=April 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422071925/https://www.revolt.tv/platform/amp/news/2020/12/19/22191308/too-short-e-40-confirm-snoop-dogg-ice-cube-album |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Too Short and E-40 form supergroup Mt. Westmore |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/snoop-dogg-ice-cube-too-short-and-e-40-form-supergroup-mt-westmore-2902863 |website=NME |language=en-AU |date=March 17, 2021}}{{cite web |title=Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Too $hort & E-40 Post Mt. Westmore Graphic On Instagram As Debut Date Approaches |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.61179/title.snoop-dogg-ice-cube-too-hort-e-40-post-mt-westmore-graphic-on-instagram-as-debut-date-approaches |website=HipHopDX |date=March 20, 2021}}{{cite web | url=https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/snoop-dogg-mount-westmore-album-release-date-1234665212/ | title=Snoop Dogg Reveals Mount Westmore's Album Release Date with Ice Cube, E-40, and Too $hort | date=May 31, 2022 }}

Throughout early 2024, Ice Cube is set to tour across Canada as part of his Straight Into Canada tour.{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Sam |title='A good day' for Winnipeg rap fans: legend Ice Cube to perform at arena - Winnipeg {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10075755/ice-cube-hip-hop-winnipeg-concert/ |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=Global News |date=7 November 2023}}{{cite news |title=Straight Into B.C.: Ice Cube is coming to Abbotsford and Penticton |url=https://bc.ctvnews.ca/straight-into-b-c-ice-cube-is-coming-to-abbotsford-and-penticton-1.6635026 |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=British Columbia |date=7 November 2023 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Perry |first1=Brad |title=Rapper Ice Cube set to perform in Saint John |url=https://www.country94.ca/2023/11/09/rapper-ice-cube-set-to-perform-in-saint-john/ |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=Country 94 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Ice Cube announces Straight Into Canada Abbotsford show for early next year |url=https://www.straight.com/music/ice-cube-announces-straight-into-canada-show-early-next-year |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=The Georgia Straight |date=7 November 2023 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Connors |first1=Christopher |title=Ice Cube coming straight into Sydney {{!}} SaltWire |url=https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/lifestyles/ice-cube-coming-straight-into-sydney-100920695/ |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=Saltwire |language=en}}{{cite news |title='Straight into Canada': Ice Cube coming to Penticton |url=https://www.keremeosreview.com/entertainment/straight-into-canada-ice-cube-coming-to-penticton-6842492 |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=Keremeos Review |date=7 November 2023 |language=en}}

Ice Cube's eleventh studio album and his first new album in six years, Man Down, was released on November 22, 2024. The album was preceded by the singles "It's My Ego", "Ego Maniacs (featuring Busta Rhymes and Killer Mike)" and "So Sensitive".

Since 1991, Ice Cube has acted in nearly 40 films, several of which are highly regarded. Some of them, such as the 1992 thriller Trespass and the 1999 war comedy Three Kings, highlight action. Yet most are comedies, including a few adult-oriented ones, like the Friday franchise, whereas most of these are family-friendly, like the Barbershop franchise.

John Singleton's seminal film Boyz n the Hood, released in July 1991, debuted the actor Ice Cube playing Doughboy, a persona that Cube played convincingly. Later, Cube starred with Ice-T and Bill Paxton in Walter Hill's 1992 thriller film Trespass, and in Charles Burnett's 1995 film The Glass Shield. Meanwhile, Cube declined to costar with Janet Jackson in Singleton's 1993 romance Poetic Justice, a role that Tupac Shakur then played.

Cube starred as the university student Fudge in Singleton's 1995 film Higher Learning.{{cite web|author=Maslin, Janet|author-link=Janet Maslin|date=January 11, 1995|title=Film review: Higher Learning; short course in racism on a college campus|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/11/movies/film-review-higher-learning-short-course-in-racism-on-a-college-campus.html|work=The New York Times}} Singleton, encouraging Cube, had reportedly told him, "If you can write a record, you can write a movie."{{cite web|date=February 28, 2000|title=Ice Cube—brief article|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-60041449.html|access-date=February 13, 2008|work=Jet}} Cube cowrote the screenplay for the 1995 comedy Friday, based on adult themes, and starred in it with comedian Chris Tucker. Made with $3.5 million, Friday drew $28 million worldwide. Two sequels, Next Friday and Friday After Next, were respectively released in 2000 and 2002.

In 1997, playing a South African exiled to America who returns 15 years later, Cube starred in the action thriller Dangerous Ground, and had a supporting role in Anaconda. In 1998, writing again, the director Ice Cube debuted in The Players Club. In 1999, he starred alongside George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg as a staff sergeant in Three Kings, set in the immediate aftermath of the Gulf War, whereby the United States attacked Iraq in 1990, an "intelligent" war comedy critically acclaimed. In 2002, Cube starred in Kevin Bray's All About the Benjamins, and in Tim Story's comedy film Barbershop.

In 2004, Cube played in Barbershop 2 and Torque. The next year, he replaced Vin Diesel in the second installment of the XXX film series, XXX: State of the Union, as the main protagonist, which he reprises the character in the third installment and reunited with Diesel 12 years later, XXX: Return of Xander Cage. He also appeared in the family comedy Are We There Yet?, which premised his role in its 2007 sequel Are We Done Yet?. In 2012, Cube appeared in 21 Jump Street. He also appeared in its sequel, 22 Jump Street, in 2014. That year, and then to return in 2016, he played alongside comedian Kevin Hart in two more Tim Story films, Ride Along and Ride Along 2. Also in 2016, Cube returned for the third entry in the Barbershop series. And in 2017, Cube starred with Charlie Day in the comedy Fist Fight.

In October 2021, Ice Cube was set to star in the comedy film Oh Hell No (now titled Stepdude{{cite web |last1=Donnelly |first1=Matt |title=Weird: The Al Yankovic Story's Eric Appel Boards Sony Comedy Stepdude as Writer-Director |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/jack-black-sony-comedy-eric-appel-weird-al-1235429973/ |website=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |date=November 11, 2022}}) alongside Jack Black, but left the project after refusing to get vaccinated for COVID-19. The project would have paid him $9 million.{{Cite web|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|last2=Masters|first2=Kim|date=November 29, 2021|title=Ice Cube Exits Sony Comedy 'Oh Hell No' After Declining COVID-19 Vaccine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ice-cube-exits-sony-comedy-oh-hell-no-after-declining-covid-19-vaccine-1235038369/|access-date=November 2, 2021|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}

In late 2005, Ice Cube and R. J. Cutler co-created the six-part documentary series Black. White., carried by cable network FX.

Ice Cube and basketball star LeBron James paired up to pitch a one-hour special to ABC based on James's life.[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/2008-12-20-2087730884_x.htm James Pitches ABC on TV Drama Based on His Life] USA Today, December 20, 2008

On May 11, 2010, ESPN aired Cube's directed documentary Straight Outta L.A., examining the interplay of Los Angeles sociopolitics, hip hop, and the Raiders during the 1980s into the 1990s.{{cite web|title=Blog Archive " Ice Cube: "Raiders fans were gangster's way before we came into the picture"|url=http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2009/11/12/ice-cube-%e2%80%9craiders-fans-were-gangster%e2%80%99s-way-before-we-came-into-the-picture%e2%80%9d/|date=November 12, 2009|publisher=Sports Radio Interviews|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716121905/http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2009/11/12/ice-cube-%E2%80%9Craiders-fans-were-gangster%E2%80%99s-way-before-we-came-into-the-picture%E2%80%9D/|archive-date=July 16, 2011|access-date=June 1, 2010}}{{cite web|title=ESPN 30 for 30|url=https://www.espn.com/watch/series/0514c1ad-efd1-4d3a-ad82-41ca579a94a2/30-for-30-spotlight|date=June 17, 1994|publisher=ESPN|access-date=June 1, 2010}}

Ice Cube's Are We There Yet? series premiered on TBS on June 2, 2010. It revolves around a family adjusting to the matriarch's new husband, played by Terry Crews. On August 16, the show was renewed for 90 more episodes,[http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/08/16/are-we-there-yet-renewed-by-tbs-for-90-more-episodes/60023 'Are We There Yet' Renewed by TBS for 90 More Episodes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820134819/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/08/16/are-we-there-yet-renewed-by-tbs-for-90-more-episodes/60023 |date=August 20, 2010 }} August 16, 2010 – tvbythenumbers amounting to six seasons. Cube also credits Tyler Perry for his entrée to TBS.{{cite web|url=http://www.urblife.com/the-fame/ice-cube-talks-film-and-tv-success|title=Ice Cube's Life Story?! Talks Tyler Perry, Woody Harrelson, TV Success and More!|work=UrbLife.com|date=August 16, 2010}} In front of the television cameras, rather, Cube appeared with Elmo as a 2014 guest on the PBS children's show Sesame Street.{{cite web|title=Elmo and Ice Cube are Astounded|website = YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV-WykC62LE| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/NV-WykC62LE| archive-date=October 28, 2021|date=October 28, 2014}}{{cbignore}}

In 1990, a musical associate in the rap group Public Enemy introduced Cube to the Nation of Islam (NOI).Martin Cizmar, [https://www.wweek.com/music/2016/08/23/ice-cube-is-one-of-raps-original-gangsters-but-he-is-also-one-of-hip-hops-most-unconventional-political-activists "Ice Cube is one of rap's original gangsters, but he is also one of hip hop's most unconventional political activists"], Willamette Week, Aug 23, 2016, updated Oct 3, 2016. He converted to Islam,{{cite web|date=October 27, 2014|title=These 9 famous Americans are all Muslim|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/these-9-famous-americans-are-all-muslim-2014-10|website=Business Insider}} though he denied membership in the NOI,{{cite news|date=February 25, 2000|title=Chillin' with Cube|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/feb/25/icecube}} whose ideology against white people and especially Jews led to its categorization as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.The Southern Poverty Law Center, an advocacy group, is categorical in its declaration that the Nation of Islam is a hate group [https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/nation-islam "Nation of Islam"], SPLCenter.org, The Southern Poverty Law Center, visited 15 Jun 2020]. Yet although that view has arguments in its favor, including the NOI's ideology of black superiority and white guilt as well as Jewish guilt, that is not a consensus view among scholars, who identify other context and functions of the NOI [Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld, Hate Crimes: Causes, Controls, and Controversies, 4th ed.] (Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2018), [https://books.google.com/books?id=v35ZDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Nation+of+Islam%22 indexing "Nation of Islam"]. However, he readily adopted the group's ideology of black nationalism, a concept familiar to the hip hop community.Dawn-Marie Gibson, "Embracing the Nation: Hip-hop, Louis Farrakhan, and alternative music", in Andre E. Johnson, ed., Urban God Talk: Constructing a Hip Hop Spirituality (Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2013), pp [https://books.google.com/books?id=4Y5WAgAAQBAJ&dq=Farrakhan+Farrakhan's&pg=PA140 140]–[https://books.google.com/books?id=4Y5WAgAAQBAJ&dq=Farrakhan+Ice+Cube+anti-semitism&pg=PA141 141]. He nevertheless has claimed to listen to his own conscience as a "natural Muslim", claiming to do so because "it's just [him] and God".{{cite web|title=Muslim Celebrities|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/famous-muslim-celebrities/12/|access-date=August 15, 2016|website=CBS}} In 2012, he expressed support for same-sex marriage.{{cite web|title=Ice Cube on Coors Light, Burger King and Gay Marriage|url=http://adage.com/article/news/ice-cube-coors-light-burger-king-gay-marriage/234803/|last1=Schultz|first1=E.J.|website=AdAge.com|date=May 16, 2012|access-date=June 18, 2014}} In 2017, he said that he thinks "religion is stupid" in part and explained, "I'm gonna live a long life, and I might change religions three or four times before I die. I'm on the Islam tip—but I'm on the Christian tip, too. I'm on the Buddhist tip as well. Everyone has something to offer to the world."{{cite news|last1=Stern|first1=Marlow|date=February 2, 2017|title=Ice Cube on Donald 'Easy D' Trump: 'Everybody is getting what they deserve'|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-cube-on-donald-easy-d-trump-everybody-is-getting-what-they-deserve|access-date=June 6, 2017|work=The Daily Beast}}

Ice Cube has been married to Kimberly Woodruff since April 26, 1992.{{cite web|title=Kimberly Woodruff|url=https://ecelebrityfacts.com/kimberly-woodruff|website=Ecelebrityfacts.com|date=November 9, 2016|access-date=September 29, 2017}}{{cite web|title=23 Yrs & Counting: Ice Cube Gives Advice On The Key to Marital Bliss|url=https://www.blackloveadvice.com/2015/09/23-yrs-counting-ice-cube-gives-advice-on-the-key-to-marital-bliss/|access-date=July 18, 2016|archive-date=February 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211110635/https://www.blackloveadvice.com/2015/09/23-yrs-counting-ice-cube-gives-advice-on-the-key-to-marital-bliss/|url-status=dead}} They have four children together;{{cite web|title=Ice Cube's 4 Kids: All About O'Shea Jr., Darrell, Kareema and Shareef|url=https://people.com/all-about-ice-cube-kids-7504712|access-date=October 3, 2024}} their oldest son O'Shea Jackson Jr. (born 1991) portrayed him in the film Straight Outta Compton.{{cite web|date=August 7, 2015|title=Ice Cube's Son O'Shea Jackson Jr. Had to Audition for Straight Outta Compton|url=http://www.people.com/article/ice-cube-son-oshea-jackson-audition-straight-outta-compton}}{{cite web|title=Ice Cube|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001084/bio|website=IMDb|access-date=September 29, 2017}} When asked about the balance between his music and parenting in 2005, Cube discussed teaching his children to question the value of violence depicted in all media, not just song lyrics. Through his son O'Shea Jackson Jr., Ice Cube became a grandfather in August, 2017.{{cite web|title=Actor and Musician Ice Cube: 'Are We There Yet?'|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4276517|author=Gross, Terry|author-link=Terry Gross|date=January 10, 2005|work=Fresh Air|publisher=NPR}}{{cite news |title=Rapper Ice Cube Now A Grandfather After Son O'Shea Jackson Jr. Reportedly Welcomes A Baby |url=http://scubby.com/rapper-ice-cube-now-grandfather-son-oshea-jackson-jr-reportedly-welcomes-baby/ |access-date=5 May 2019 |work=Scubby |date=21 September 2017}}

In 2017, he launched Big3, a 3-on-3 basketball league starring former NBA players.{{cite web|title=Ice Cube creates BIG3|url=http://big3.com/index.php/league-philosophy/overview|website=AdAge.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113161014/http://big3.com/index.php/league-philosophy/overview|archive-date=January 13, 2017|access-date=January 12, 2017}} Ice Cube is a notable fan of the Las Vegas Raiders, originally supporting the team during their tenure in Los Angeles from 1982 to 1994. NWA's use of Raiders' memorabilia in conjunction with the team's historically intimidating presence, helped to further popularized an image for the team in hip-hop culture for years to come.{{cite web| url=https://www.espn.com/espn/photos/gallery/_/id/9697611/image/1/makeup | title=Raider Nation: Behind the Makeup| work=ESPN| date=2010-05-11}}{{cite news|last=Mills|first=Roger|title=Raider nation No matter how far-flung Raider fans are, they are trash and remain united by a fierce and belligerent loyalty|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2003/01/25/Bucs/Raider_nation.shtml}} Ice Cube is also a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers of the MLB, performing a pregame show before game 2 of the 2024 World Series and later at the team's World Series win celebration at Dodger Stadium,{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/sports/a/jose-martinez/ice-cube-suggests-los-angeles-dodgers-need-to-get-some-black-ballplayers|title=Ice Cube on How Dodgers Can Achieve Success: 'They Need to Get Some Black Ballplayers'|website=Complex Networks }} and has equally been a devout fan of the Los Angeles Lakers.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketballnetwork.net/off-the-court/ice-cube-recalls-his-favorite-lakers-childhood-memory-featuring-magic-johnson|title="Magic's hands were soft as a baby" - Ice Cube recalls his favorite Lakers childhood memory featuring Magic Johnson|date=November 30, 2023 }}

At a 1991 press conference promoting his album Death Certificate, Cube endorsed the Nation of Islam's pseudo-scholarly book The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews, which falsely claims that European Jews dominated the Atlantic slave trade.{{Cite book |last=Woldu |first=Gail Hilson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HrUYZm3xZQgC |title=The Words and Music of Ice Cube |date=2008-10-30 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-313-08078-4 |pages=37 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Adler |first=Bill |date=2020 |title=An Open Letter to Ari Melber About Ice Cube |url=https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/bill-adler-ice-cube-ari-melber |access-date=16 April 2023 |website=Tablet Magazine}} Death Certificate also contains the song "No Vaseline",JTA, [https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/rapper-ice-cube-scuffles-with-rabbi-outside-casino-hit-with-2ml-law-suit-404511 "Rapper Ice Cube scuffles with rabbi outside casino, hit with $2ml lawsuit"], The Jerusalem Post, JPost.com, Jpost Inc., May 30, 2015. which uses racial slurs against the other former members of N.W.A and refers to the group's manager Jerry Heller as "devil" and "cracker".{{cite book|first=Soren|last=Baker|title=The History of Gangster Rap: From Schoolly D to Kendrick Lamar, the Rise of a Great American Art Form|publisher=Abrams Image|location=New York City|date=2018|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wIFnDwAAQBAJ&q=Vaseline+Eazy+house+nigga+Heller+Jew|quote=...'No Vaseline', specifically its treatment of its two main targets, N.W.A's leader Eazy-E and N.W.A's manager Jerry Heller, whom Ice Cube depicts as teaming to financially molest N.W.A's other members.|isbn=9781683352358}}[https://www.metrolyrics.com/no-vaseline-lyrics-ice-cube.html "Ice Cube—'No Vaseline' lyrics"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801192648/https://www.metrolyrics.com/no-vaseline-lyrics-ice-cube.html |date=August 1, 2020 }}, MetroLyrics.com, CBS Interactive Inc., 2020.

In response to accusations of racism and anti-Semitism, Cube said in 2008, "I ain't got time to be fuckin' anti-Semitic, anti-this, anti-that, anti-Korean. I ain't got time for that shit. I'm too busy bein' pro-black, you know what I'm saying?" In 2015, Cube expressed regret at including the word "Jew" in the lyrics of "No Vaseline" and explained that he intended to attack only Heller and not "the whole Jewish race".

In 2020, Marlow Stern wrote an article in the Daily Beast addressing Cube's "long, disturbing history" of anti-Semitism.{{cite web|first=Marlow|last=Stern|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-cubes-long-disturbing-history-of-anti-semitism|title=Ice Cube's long, disturbing history of anti-Semitism|website=The Daily Beast|date=June 11, 2020}} The article was a response to Cube's day-long Twitter posting spree the day before, during which he promoted Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. He also shared various disproven anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.{{cite magazine|first=Gil|last=Kaufman|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9400472/ice-cube-criticized-anti-semitic-images-conspiracy-theories|title=Ice Cube criticized for posting string of anti-semitic images and conspiracy theories|magazine=Billboard|date=June 2020}} Again calling himself "just pro-black" and not "anti-anybody", he dismissed "the hype" and professed that he was just "telling [his] truth".{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=2020-06-11 |title=Ice Cube Criticized For Posting String of Anti-Semitic Images and Conspiracy Theories |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/ice-cube-criticized-anti-semitic-images-conspiracy-theories-9400472/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |magazine=Billboard}}

{{Main|Ice Cube discography}}{{See also|N.W.A discography}}

Solo 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 (2018)
• Man Down (2024)

Collaborative studio albums

• Straight Outta Compton (with N.W.A) (1989)
• Bow Down (with Westside Connection) (1996)
• Terrorist Threats (with Westside Connection) (2003)
• Snoop Cube 40 $hort (with Mount Westmore) (2022)

• Steady Mobbin' Tour (1992){{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/02/28/steady-mobbin-tour-set-for-pavilion/|title=STEADY MOBBIN` TOUR SET FOR PAVILION|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=February 28, 1992|accessdate=April 15, 2025}}
• The Predator Tour (1993)
• Family Values Tour 1998 (1998)
• Up in Smoke Tour (2000)
• Raw Footage Tour (2008)
• I Am the West Tour (2011)
• Truth to Power: 4 Decades of Attitude Tour (2025){{cite web|author=Michael Saponara|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/ice-cube-2025-tour-dates-north-america-1235947075/|title=Ice Cube Announces Truth to Power: 4 Decades of Attitude North American Tour|publisher=Billboard|date=April 15, 2025|accessdate=April 15, 2025}}

Ice Cube has received nominations for several films in the past. To date, he has won two awards:

• 2000: Blockbuster Entertainment Award: Favorite Action Team (for Three Kings)
• 2002: MECCA Movie Award: Acting Award

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| style="text-align:center;"|2024{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2024-grammys-special-merit-awards-recipients-lifetime-achievement-award |title=The Recording Academy Announces 2024 Special Merit Award & Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees: N.W.A, Gladys Knight, Donna Summer, DJ Kool Herc & Many More |website=grammy.com |date=5 January 2024 |access-date=5 February 2024 |archive-date=February 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204132109/https://www.grammy.com/news/2024-grammys-special-merit-awards-recipients-lifetime-achievement-award |url-status=live }}

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• Hollywood Walk of Fame Star 2017{{cite magazine |last1=Kaufman |first1=Gil |title=Ice Cube Says 'You Don't Get Here By Yourself' at Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7832705/ice-cube-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star-ceremony-recap |access-date=January 29, 2020 |magazine=Billboard |date=June 13, 2017}}
• The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Member of N.W.A. 2016
• Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Ice Cube Impact Award 2023{{Cite web|url=https://www.hoophall.com/news/naismith-basketball-hall-of-fame-and-ice-cube-announce-inaugural-ice-cube-impact-award|title=Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and Ice Cube Announced Inaugural Ice Cube Impact Award|date=2023-11-14|website=Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame|language=en-US|access-date=2024-07-17}}

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