From west coast rapper to globally acclaimed actor and film-maker, Ice Cube remains an enduring and formidable pop culture presence. In December he will embark on his biggest tour of the UK and Ireland yet (accompanied by fellow hip-hop mainstays Cypress Hill and the Game) and to mark the announcement, he will join us to answer your questions about anything in his varied career, which you can post in the comments section below.
Ice Cube, real name O’Shea Jackson Sr, started rapping in high school after being challenged to a battle by a friend during class. The interest stuck: aged 16, he banded with K-Dee and Sir Jinx in the rap trio CIA, who would cut their teeth performing at parties hosted by Dr Dre. By the following year, he had joined the latter’s group NWA and became a major creative force on critically acclaimed 1988 debut Straight Outta Compton. His lyrics, which explored the “war on drugs” and anti-Black state violence, supercharged the popularity of gangsta rap and its legacy continues: Ice Cube was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame two decades later in 2016.
