DO NOT OWN ANY COPYRIGHT 2022, FOR INSPIRATION PURPOSES. Ice Cube, byname of O’Shea Jackson, Sr., (born June 15, 1969, Los Angeles, California, U.S.), American rapper and actor whose membership in the seminal gangsta rap group N.W.A gained him acclaim and launched his controversial but successful solo career. Ice Cube is known by hiphop critics and fans as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time; to many others, he is best known as a television and movie star.