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O'Shea Jackson Sr. (born June 15, 1969), known as Ice Cube, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and film producer.His lyrics on N.W.A's 1989 album Straight Outta Compton contributed to gangsta rap's widespread popularity, [3] [4] [5] and his political rap solo albums AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990), Death Certificate (1991), and The Predator (1992) were all critically and commercially ...
While on tour, members of rap group Public Enemy namely Professor Griff exposed Ice Cube, Shorty and The Lench Mob to Black history and social consciousness. In several interviews Shorty attributes his transformation from a life of crime to gang intervention by the teachings of The Honorable Elijah Muhammad while on tour with Public Enemy. In ...
In the 1993 song "Piru Love" by Bloods & Crips from their album Bangin' on Wax, the Crenshaw Mafia is mentioned. [8] In the 2015 film Straight Outta Compton, a Crenshaw Mafia member named OG 2 Tone confronts some students on Ice Cube's school bus, after they display Crip gang signs. He warns "Remember me. OG 2 Tone. Crenshaw Mafia, Blood." [9]
In the line "Niggas around the world that think they wanna bang, don't get your ass caught up like Lil Wayne", Ice Cube is referring to Wayne's alleged confrontation by rapper (and rival Crip gang member) 40 Glocc
Ice Cube is making it known that he has zero affiliation with Sean "Diddy" Combs amid the latter's sex trafficking and racketeering charges. "Almost 40 years rocking the mic and I'm gonna tell you ...
Individually, Mack 10, WC, and Ice Cube continued to work on solo projects between group albums. As Westside Connection, they contributed several tracks to film soundtracks and compilations, including "Bangin'" (from West Coast Bad Boyz II ), "Let It Reign" (from Thicker than Water ), and "It's the Holidaze" (from Friday After Next ).
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N.W.A (an abbreviation for Niggaz Wit Attitudes, [5] [6] eye dialect for Niggas With Attitudes) was an American hip hop group formed in Compton, California.Among the earliest and most significant figures of the gangsta rap subgenre, the group is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential acts in hip hop music.