Ice Cube
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"O'Shea Jackson", better known by his stage name "Ice Cube", is an American rapper, record producer, actor, screenwriter, film producer, and director. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. (group)/C.I.A. and later joined N.W.A (Niggaz Wit Attitudes). After leaving N.W.A in December 1989

Ice Cube is noted as a proficient lyricist and storyteller and is regarded as a brutally honest rapper; his lyrics are often political as well as violence/violent, and he is considered one of the founding artists in gangsta rap. He was ranked #8 on MTV's list of the 10 Greatest MCs of All Time, while fellow rapper Snoop Dogg ranked Ice Cube as the greatest MC of all time. About.com ranked him #11 on its list of the "Top 50 Greatest MCs of Our Time". AllMusic has called him one of hip-hop's best and most controversial artists, as well as "one of rap's greatest storytellers". In 2012, The Source (magazine)/The Source ranked him #14 on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time.

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I like to deal with things I heard about, ... People are always getting their house broken into around the holidays. That's when the crime rate goes up.

Snoop is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.

When you are cold, surrenderand die to the Heat of the Heart.

We wanted to be true to what a barbershop is, so every headline we could grab between the first 'Barbershop' and the second was in there.

It will force people to challenge themselves and really examine where we stand in terms of race.

XXX: State of the Union.

Turn Off The Radio.

It was just funny to me that some of our leaders would take that much time and energy to dismiss something that was loved by so many of our people.