This is a continuation of Rap Ratz’ animated mini-series that pays tribute to hip hop legends and pioneers. We call them Rap Ratributes. This music video documentary is on Ice Cube.
Ice Cube’s History and Biography
Ice Cube was born O’Shea Jackson on June 15, 1969
He was raised in South Central Los Angeles
in the mid-1980s he started a group with two others called CIA
Ice Cube rapped at parties hosted by Dr. Dre who later produced his first recordings
Ice Cube met Eazy-E through Dre, and that trio, along with Arabian Prince, formed the first lineup of N.W.A. MC Ren and DJ Yella joined soon after.
Eazy E co-founded Ruthless Records and launched later in 1987 with two releases: Eazy’s “Boyz-N-the-Hood,” and an EP from N.W.A.
He worked on N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton and Eazy-E’s Eazy-Duz-It, released by Ruthless in1988
Straight Outta Compton peaked at number nine on Billboard’s R&B/hip-hop chart
Conflicts with Jerry Heller prompted Cube to leave N.W.A in late 1989
He released his first solo album, AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted, in 1990
The following year he released a follow-up EP Kill at Will
In1991, he starred in the Academy Award-nominated crime drama film ‘Boyz n the Hood,’ directed by John Singleton
In the same year he released his second studio album ‘Death Certificate’. It was one of his bestselling albums.
in 1995 Ice Cube went on to write the cult classic film Friday with DJ Pooh.
Ice Cube went on to release several more albums and direct/act in a number of critically acclaimed films
