Ice Cube

O'Shea Jackson (anajulikana sana kwa jina lake la kisanii kama Ice Cube; amezaliwa 15 Juni 1969) ni rapa , mwigizaji na pia mwongozaji wa filamu wa Marekani. Anatazamika kama ni msanii mkubwa duniani wa muziki aina ya hip hop.

Ice Cube alianza shughuli zake za kimuziki kama mmoja wa waanzilishi wa kundi la muziki aina ya hip hop maarufu kama N.W.A., baadae akaanza shughuli za kuimba muziki akiwa peke yake bila ushirika wowote ule huku kwa mbali anaigiza filamu, kitu ambacho kilimpa mafanikio makubwa sana. Mnamo mwaka wa 1992, akamuoa Kimberly Woodruff, kwa pamoja wamezaa watoto wanne.

Mwaka huohuo wa 1992, Ice Cube akabadili dini na kuwa Mwislamu. Kuanzia kati kati mwa miaka ya 1990 na kuendelea, Cube aliegemea sana katika shughuli za uigizaji, na shughuli zake za kimuziki zikawa zinafiriwa kama zina fifia kwakuwa hakuwa anaangaikia sana muziki kama alivyokuwa mwanzo.

Cube akabaki kuwa kama mmoja wa waonekanao kuwa ni marapa wa West Coast rappers, kwa kuwa alikuwa akitoa msaada mkubwa sana katika vikundi vya rap. Anafahamika hasa kwa uimbaji wake vile akizungumzia siasa na sela za kibaguzi, kwasababu nyimbo nyingi za Ice zilikuwa zikifiriwa kama tiba kwa watu weusi wa Marekani.

Maisha na muziki
Ice Cube alizaliwa kama O'Shea Jackson mjini South Central Los Angeles, Marekani, ni mtoto wa Doris, karani wa hospitalini, na Andrew Jackson, ambae baadae alikuja kufanya kazi katika Chuo Kikuu cha California, Los Angeles (kwa Kiing: University of California, Los Angeles, kwa kifupi: UCLA).

Alizaliwa na kukulia mjini South Central Los Angeles. Akiwa na umri wa miaka kumi na sita, akawa na shauku saana na muziki wa hip hop, na akaanza kuandika nyimbo za rap akiwa shuleni huku akiwa anatumia kinanda cha darasani alipokuwa anasoma.

Alihitimu masoma yake katika tasisi ya teknolijia maarufu kama "Phoenix Institute of Technology" mwishoni mwa miaka ya 1987, na alisomea masomo ya kuchora ramani za majengo (kwa kiing: Architectural Drafting).

Cube na rafiki yake wa karibu aitwae Sir Jinx, wakaunda kundi la muziki lililojulikana kwa jina la C.I.A., wakaimba nyimbo fulani hivi na baadhi ya sehemu katika nyimbo hiyo wakamshirikisha Dr. Dre.

Albamu alizotoa
Makala ya albamu za Ice Cube

Msanii binafsi
 AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990)
 Kill at Will (EP) (1990)
 Death Certificate (1991)
 The Predator (1992)
 Lethal Injection (1993)
 War & Peace - Volume 1 (The War Disc) (1998)
 War & Peace - Volume 2 (The Peace Disc) (2000)
 Laugh Now, Cry Later (2006)

Filamu alizoigiza
 Boyz n the Hood (1991) kama "Doughboy" Darin Baker
 Trespass (1992) kama Savon
 CB4 (1993) as himself in segment
 The Glass Shield (1994) kama Teddy Woods
 Higher Learning (1995) kama Fudge
 Friday (1995) kama Craig Jones
 Dangerous Ground (1997) kama Vusi Madlazi
 Anaconda (1997) kama Danny Rich
 The Players Club (1998) kama Reggie
 I Got the Hook Up (1998) kama Gun Runner
 Three Kings (1999) kama SSgt. Chief Elgin
 Thicker Than Water (1999) kama Slink
 Next Friday (2000) kama Craig Jones
 Ghosts of Mars (2001) kama James 'Desolation' Williams
 All About the Benjamins (2002) kama Bookum
 BarberShop (2002) kama Calvin Palmer
 Friday After Next (2002) kama Craig Jones
 Torque (2004) kama Trey
 BarberShop 2: Back in Business (2004) kama Calvin
 Are We There Yet? (2005) kama Nick Persons
 xXx: State of the Union (2005) kama Darius Stone
 Are We Done Yet? (2007) kama Nick Persons
 Pirate Island (2008)
 The Extractors (2008)
 First Sunday (2008)
 Welcome Back, Kotter: The Movie (????) kama Gabe Kotter

Filamu alizoongozaj/kutaarisha na kutunga
 Friday (1995) mtunzi, mtaarishaji
 Dangerous Ground (1997) mtaarishaji
 The Players Club (1998) mtunzi, mwongozaji na mtaarishaji
 Next Friday (2000) mtunzi, mtaarishaji
 All About The Benjamins (2002) mtaarishaji
 Friday After Next (2002) mtunzi, mtaarishaji
 BarberShop 2: Back in Business (2004) mtaarishaji
 BarberShop: The Series (2005) mtaarishaji
 Are We There Yet? (2005) mtaarishaji
 Beauty Shop (2005) mtaarishaji
 Black. White. (2006) mtaarishaji
 Are We Done Yet? (2007) mtaarishaji
 Friday: The Animated Series (2007) mtaarishaji
 Pirate Island (2008) mtaarishaji
 First Sunday (2008) mtaarishaji

Tuzo

Historia ya tuzo za filamu
Ice Cube alipokea tuzo mbambali za filamu kipindi cha nyuma na kuteuliwa kuwa mwigizaji bora wa filamu. Hivi kalibuni ameshinda tuzo mbili:

2000: Blockbuster Entertainment Award: Tuzo ilitolewa kwa ajili ya filamu ya Three Kings
2002: Tuzo za filamu za Makka (MECCA Movie Award) Tuzo ya uigizaji.

Tuzo za muziki
VH1 Hip Hop Honors 2006
 2006 Honoree

2005 Tuzo ya muziki Soul Traid (Soul Train Music Awards)
Tuzo ya Lifetime Achievement (Lifetime Achievement Award)

2000 Tuzo ya muziki wa Hip Hop (Hip Hop Music Awards)
Tuzo ya Lifetime Achievement (akiwa na Dr. Dre)

Viungo vya Nje

Tovuti rasmi ya Ice Cube
 The full biography on Ice Cube [authored by Balance: 411@hiphop.sh
katika Myspace Site

CNN interview with Ice Cube, December 2006
Interview: Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later 
MTV News article, 14 Machi 2006
Ice Cube - Who he's worked with + discography 
http://www.PressArchive .net/a.php?id=4774291/ Ice Cube interview for Barbershop

Waliozaliwa 1969
Watu walio hai
Wanachama wa N.W.A.
Marapa wa West Coast
Los Angeles
Wanamuziki wa Marekani
Waigizaji filamu wa Marekani
Wasanii wa Interscope Records