Ice Cube was raised within South Central Los Angeles by his parents, both of whom were listed at UCLA. He began writing raps around piece attending school at William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California, most notably "Boyz 'N Da Hood", a song which later became famous when done by N.W.A. Cube & the friend, Sir Jinx, rapped as a partnership called C.I.A. at parties hosted by Dr. Dre. Fallowing the brief stint around the class action known as "HBO", Cube showed Eazy-E "Boyz 'N Da Hood" & a pair, + Dr. Dre, & MC Ren formed N.W.The. Cube took of these month dispatch to earn the degree witharound architectural drafting in Phoenix in 1987 but returned withiNorth time to participate in N.W.The's debut album, Straight Outta Compton. the album was a masterpiece of old school rap and attracted much ill fame for a class action, from either the FBI & concerned citizen and parent groups.

Ice Cube left North.W.The imputable fiscal & personality conflicts around 1989. By having Da Lench Mob and the Bomb Squad (Public Enemy's producers), Cube recorded his debut album in New York City. ''AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted'' was released in 1990 and was an instantaneous hit as rap's popularity increased in mainstream society. Though he was criticized for allegedly misogynistic & violent lyrics, potentially critics experienced to agree that the album was a innovative, innovative piece of operate. the select few disputation has as well been stirred all about allegedly racist lyrics inside his poop: Black Korea (a song against Korean shopowners) & songs prefer Enemy & Cave Bitch (violently racist songs against "devils", a popular derogative term at the period for caucasian race). Part to help deflect criticisms, Cube appointed the female rapper known as Yo-Yo (who guested on ''AmeriKKKa's Virtually all Wanted) to the head of his have record label & helped develop her debut album, Make Way for the Motherlode. That was followed by the critically acclaimed turn within Boyz N the Hood'', a movie by John Singleton. Cube's 1991 follow-up, Death Certificate was even supplementary controversial.

Cube toured in Lollapalooza in 1992 and widened his fan base. Too when you took that that month, he converted to the Nation of Islam. He freed The Predator which debuted at #1 on each a pop & R&B charts, the first album in history to do so.

Fallowing A Predator, Cube's audience began to diminish. Lethal Injection (1993) was very easily-liked by critics & Dr. Dre & a West Coast G-Funk sound was dominating American hip-hop. Ingesting the break from either either his have albums, Cube assisted in debuts from Da Lench Mob (Guerillas in the Mist) and Kam (Neva Again). He down the road dueted by having Dr. Dre in "Natural Born Killaz." By owning Mack 10 and WC, Cube formed the Westside Connection in 1996, releasing their debut album Bow Down later that year.

Even so inside December 2004, after an extended break from either recording, he reached #2 in the UK singles chart with the club favorite, "You Can Do It" (featuring Mack 10 and Ms Toi), released as a lone Fivesome years fallowing it was number 1 put onto pic soundtracks like Next Friday and Save The Last Dance.

Discography
''AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted 1990 Kill At Will 1990 - EP Death Certificate 1991 The Predator 1992 Lethal Injection 1993 Bootlegs & B-Sides 1994 - Compilation Featuring Ice Cube 1997 - Compilation War & Peace - Volume 1 (The War Disc) 1998 War & Peace - Volume 2 (The Peace Disc) 2000 Ice Cube - Greatest Hits 2001 - Compilation

Filmography
Boyz N the Hood 1991 as "Doughboy" Darin Trespass 1992 as Savon The Glass Shield 1994 as Teddy Woods Higher Learning 1995 as Fudge Friday 1995 as Craig Dangerous Ground 1997 as Vusi Madlazi Anaconda 1997 as Danny Rich The Players Club 1998 as Reggie I Got the Hook Up 1998 as Gun Runner Three Kings 1999 as SSgt. Chief Elgin Thicker Than Water 1999 as Slink Next Friday 2000 as Craig Ghosts of Mars 2001 as ''James 'Desolation' Williams All About the Benjamins 2002 as Bookum Barbershop 2002 as Calvin Palmer Friday After Next 2002 as Craig Torque 2004 as Trey Barbershop 2: Back in Business 2004 as Calvin Are We There Yet? 2005 as Nick Persons XXX: State of the Union 2005 as Darius Stone ''