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Ice Cube Biography

O'Shea Jackson Sr. (born June 15, 1969), known professionally as Ice Cube, is an American rapper, writer and actor. One of the founding artists of gangsta rap, Ice Cube initially gained recognition as the primary songwriting and performing member of the seminal hip-hop groups C.I.A. and N.W.A, the latter of which gained extreme notoriety for pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music, as well as visual imagery in music videos.

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You wanna be remembered for making an impact and changing things. I guess for the good or for the bad, it don't matter. But I guess you just wanna be remembered when it's all said and done.

Done, Good, Impact, Matter, Remembered, Said

I know my flavor's going to work because I just know there's not a lot of guys like me around. So you got to figure out what's that about you.

Figures, Flavor, Guy, Guys, Know, Like

I can't really attribute my success onscreen to any formula and suggest you "do this or that" to make it as an actor.

Actor, Actors, Attributes, Formulas, Make, Suggest

You really have to challenge yourself to come out of those parameters that they put you in, even if that's your job.

Challenge, Challenge Yourself, Challenges, Come, Job, Jobs

Even though I have a nice house, nice family, the rest of my generation is still in South Central L. A. My cousins, my brothers, my sisters, they don't wanna move out. They don't want to and they don't have the means to sustain it. That's where my heart is and that's what I think about all the time.

Brother, Brothers, Cousin, Cousins, Nice, Think

We have to step up as adults and try to guide our youth.

Adults, Step, Steps, Trying, Youth

People associate clothes with actual behavior, and it's kind of crazy. If you get shot in some Levi's you don't go after Levi's. It's not the clothes. It's always the people.

Actual, Behavior, Clothes, Crazy, People, Shot

Money is the root of all evil. Yeah, money is the root. It's not racism and "this-ism" and "that-ism"; it's our thirst and hunger for money. And that's where all the bodies are buried.

Roots, Racism, Evil, Thirst, Hunger, Root

There's things people say in the barbershop they won't even say in their own living room, because it's just one of those zones where nobody's going to judge you too much about your dumb opinion.

Barbershop, Dumb, Judging, People, Say, Zones

I'm a menace to society, But girls in biker shorts are so fly to me. After the date, I'mma want to do the wild thing. . . You're talkin' lobster? I'm thinkin' Burger King.

Burger, Girl, Girls, Kings, Lobster, Rap

Do not turn into just cookie-cutter producer, cookie-cutter this, but a producer that people say wow, when they do something it's great or just unique or whatever.

Cookies, People, Say, Turn, Unique

I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who's trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.

Reading, Thinking, Important, Think, Learn

Anybody that really knew Tupac will tell you the same thing. That he was just a dude that was full of life, full of energy.

Energy, Full, Life, Tell, Tupac

I always want to read the script before I totally commit.

Commit, Read, Script, Scripts, Want

I always said that what I do is street knowledge, you let the street know what the politicians of today are doing, and if the politicians are listening, let them know what the streets think.

Know, Listening, Said, Streets, Thinking, Today

If you give anybody the chance, they can always make a decent human being out of themselves. It's the people that don't have a chance, that we look down at like they're monsters or they're animals or that they want something different than the rest of us.

Animal, Animals, Different, Like, People, Want Something

Ice Cube is the piece of me that I give away to the public.

Away, Cube, Giving, Ice, Pieces

Young people are dying for no reason all over the world that don't know why. It's ugly, everywhere.

Dying, People, Ugly, World

I love makin' music, so whether I'ma make money at it or not, I'ma still do it. The thing is, I've gotten to a point where I don't have to use music to make a livin', so I can do it for fun like I used to when I was young.

Fun, Making Money, Music, Point, Thing, Use

There's nothing wrong with starting off in a box, but you got to have a plan to come out that box.

Box, Boxes, Nothing, Plans, Starting, Wrong

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