Ice Cube Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics

Ice Cube is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor, voice actor, film producer, and writer. He rose to fame as a member of N.W.A (an abbreviation for Niggaz Wit Attitudes), a hip-hop group widely considered one of the greatest and most influential groups in the history of hip hop music. The group released the albums Straight Outta Compton and Niggaz4Life and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016. As a solo artist, Ice Cube has released multiple albums including AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted, Lethal Injection, Raw Footage, Death Certificate, The Predator, I Am the West, Everythang’s Corrupt, War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc), War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc), and Laugh Now, Cry Later. Ice Cube has also branched out as an actor and has been cast in movies and shows like 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, The High Note, Boyz n the Hood, The Glass Shield, I Got the Hook Up, Anaconda, All About The Benjamins, Ghosts of Mars, Thicker Than Water, Torque, Barbershop, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Barbershop: The Next Cut, Are We There Yet?, and XXX: Return of Xander Cage.

Born Name

O’Shea Jackson

Nick Name

Ice Cube

Sun Sign

Gemini

Born Place

Compton, California, United States

Residence

Los Angeles, California, United States

Nationality

Education

Ice Cube went to the George Washington Preparatory High School and the William Howard Taft High School in Los Angeles.

After graduating from high school, he got admission to the Phoenix Institute of Technology in the 1987 fall semester. He earned his diploma in architectural drafting in just 1 year.

Occupation

Rapper, Songwriter, Record Producer, Actor, Voice Actor, Film Producer, Film Director, Writer

Family

• Father – Hosea Jackson (Machinist and Groundskeeper at UCLA)
• Mother – Doris Jackson (Hospital Clerk and Custodian)
• Siblings – Beverley Jean Brown (Older Half-Sister) (Killed at the age of 22 in a gun violence-related incident). He also has an older brother.
• Others – Teren Delvon Jones (known as Del the Funky Homosapien) (Cousin)

Manager

Ice Cube has been signed with –

• United Talent Agency
• William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, Talent and Literary Agency, Beverly Hills, California, United States
• Prospect Park Management, Llc., Talent Management Company, Century City, California, United Statesicecube

Genre

West Coast Hip hop, Gangsta Rap, Political Hip Hop, G-funk, Hardcore Rap

Instruments

Vocals

Labels

Ruthless, Priority, EMI, Lench Mob Records

Net Worth

His net worth had been $160 Million according to CelebrityNetWorth.com.

Build

Average

Height

5 ft 8 in or 173 cm

Weight

84 kg or 185 lbs

Girlfriend / Spouse

Ice Cube has dated –

1. Kimberly Woodruff (1985-Present) – Ice Cube started going out with Kimberly Woodruff in 1985 while studying at high school. He had also alluded to their love life in the lyrics of a rap song released in 1988. Before their marriage in 1992, she gave birth to 2 sons, Darrell Jackson (b. December 1986) and O’Shea Jackson Jr. (b. February 1991). She then gave birth to a daughter, Kareema in February 1994 and a son, Shareef in June 2000.

Race / Ethnicity

Black

Ice Cube is of African-American descent.

Hair Color

Black

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

• Medium stubble beard
• Raised eyebrows
• Four dotted marks near his right eye.

Brand Endorsements

Ice Cube has starred in TV commercials for –

• St. Ides Malt Liquor (in 1993)
• Coors Light Beer (along with Cat Wilson)
• Solo by Cube

Religion

Islam

Best Known For

• Being one of the founding stars of gangsta rap
• Playing the lead role in the comedy film series, Barbershop

First Album

His first studio album with NWA was N.W.A. and the Posse which was released in 1987.

Ice Cube released his first individual studio album, AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted in May 1990 under Priority Records. It reached #19 on Billboard 200.

First Film

Ice Cube first appeared in the 1991 teen-hood drama film Boyz n the Hood as Darrin Baker.

First TV Show

In 1994, Ice Cube guest appeared in an episode of the Fox sitcom The Sinbad Show.

Personal Trainer

In order to lose some weight and to prevent more fat from piling over his midsection, he tries to manage his portion sizes. This way, he can eat everything he likes without worrying too much. He believes that mostly when you are craving for something, you only want the taste of it, so eat half a burger or half a bag of chips. He has also cut down on sugar.

Ice Cube Favorite Things

• Food – Chicken chimichanga, the ground beef quesadilla
• Los Angeles Restaurant – EL Cholo
• Cheese – Cheddar
• Song – What’s Going On (By Marvin Gaye)
• Dance Song – (Not Just) Knee Deep (By Funkadelic)
• Karaoke Song – Superfly (By Curtis Mayfield)
• NFL Team – Oakland Raiders
• Movie – Jaws (1975)

Source – Bon Appetit, NME, IMDb

Ice Cube Facts

1. Ice Cube was the only member of the NWA band, who wasn’t born in Compton. Also, he was the youngest member of the band, being just 17 years old when the band was founded.
2. In the early ’90s, he got converted to Islam. However, he rarely went to the mosque as he believed all was between him and his God and he could reach him from the confines of his home.
3. He got his moniker, Ice Cube from his older brother, who felt he was too cool for his age as Cube used to regularly hit on his brother’s girlfriends whenever they called at their house phone.
4. He has his own clothing line, which goes by the name of Solo by Cube. The hooded sweatshirts that have built-in speakers in hood strings are particularly famous.
5. After his dispute with Priority Records, he started his own record label, Lench Mob Records out of animosity against his former record label.
6. He has also founded his own production company, Cube Vision, which has produced many of his hit movies including Barbershop and Beauty Shop.
7. In 2006, MTV placed him on #8 in their list of “10 Greatest MCs of All Time.”
8. US monthly color magazine, The Source put Ice Cube on the 14^th spot in the list of “Top 50 Lyricists of All Time” in 2012.
9. In January 2017, he announced the start of a professional basketball league named, BIG3, featuring a 3-on-3 concept. The teams consisted of former NBA players. In October 2022, it was revealed that the company was the first Black-owned sports league in America. It worked directly with Black businesses and Black Chambers across the U.S., in order to support Black entrepreneurs.
10. He got enrolled in an architectural drafting diploma because he felt his rap career won’t be profitable enough.
11. In October 2021, it was revealed that he refused to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. This affected his work as, according to The Hollywood Reporter, he was set to star in the comedy film Oh Hell No but left the project as he didn’t was to get vaccinated. Reportedly, the project would have paid him $9 million.
12. Visit his official website @ icecube.com.