As its lead rapper, he wrote some of Dre's and most of Eazy's lyrics on Straight Outta Compton, a landmark album that shaped West Coast hip hop's early identity and helped differentiate it from East Coast rap. Dre, he formed the pioneering gangsta rap group N.W.A.
Ī native of Los Angeles, Jackson formed his first rap group called C.I.A. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of N.W.A in 2016.
He has also had an active film career since the early 1990s. His lyrics on N.W.A's 1988 album Straight Outta Compton contributed to gangsta rap's widespread popularity, and his political rap solo albums AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990), Death Certificate (1991), and The Predator (1992) were critically and commercially successful. (born June 15, 1969), known professionally as Ice Cube, is an American rapper, actor, and filmmaker.
