Ice Cube, whose real name is O'Shea Jackson and who was not only a successful
actor during his career but also a member of the rap institution N.W.A., was
born in L.A. on June 15, 1969. As a teenager, he met the living hip-hop legend
Dr. Dre, who would later become an integral part of N.W.A.. With the MC clique,
which also included Eazy-E, DJ Yella and MC Ren, Jackson celebrated colossal
success in the late 1980s, making his standing in the hip-hop cosmos
unquestionable at a very early stage. But Ice Cube also knows how to make a name
for himself as a solo artist: in 1990, he rel...