AP - Oct 4, 2008
The unlikely stars of Ice Cube s new video are the grieving relatives of a 17-year-old high school football star who was shot to death outside his home. The song Why Me? speaks out against senseless...
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Veteran rapper Ice Cube is putting the finishing touches on his new album, Raw Footage, and plans to celebrate by cybercasting his concert at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin on Saturday...
More »AP - Oct 4, 2007
When the latest call for a protest over Jena Six came, it wasn t led by Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson, but rapper-actor Mos Def. Mos Def sent out a viral video urging students to walk out of classrooms...
More »AP - Jun 8, 2006
Ice Cube, Laugh Now, Cry Later (Lench Mob) The recent knock against Ice Cube is that he spends too much time playing Hollywood mogul and not enough in the recording booth. Consequently, his seventh...
More »AP - Jun 2, 2006
Before he was an actor, before he made TV shows and movies with his own production company, before he had a record label, Ice Cube was a rapper. Cube was just a kid in 1988 when he and NWA helped launch...
More »E! Online - May 30, 2006
It really is hard out there for a pimp. That is, if by pimp, they mean hip-hop star, and by there, they mean Harpo studios. Ice Cube is the latest rapper to step up the offensive against unlikely...
More »USRN - May 2, 2005
The XXX sequel State Of The Union is just a few days old, but the star of the movie, Ice Cube, is already thinking about the next installment. The rapper-turned-actor said recently that he d be more than...
More »USRN - Jul 24, 2003
(7/24/03, 7 a.m. ET) -- Rapper and actor Ice Cube received an apology from the Chicago Police Department on Tuesday (July 22) after the department issued a community alert on Sunday (July 20), describing...
More »USRN - Jun 19, 2003
(6/19/03, 6 p.m. ET) -- The Westside Connection--made up of Ice Cube, Mack 10, and WC--is presently back in the recording studio working on a new release Terrorist Threat which will hit stores in October...
More »USRN - Mar 11, 2003
(3/11/03, 5 p.m. ET) -- N.W.A. s Appetite For Destruction, Ice Cube s Wicked, Snoop Dogg s Lay Low, and N.E.R.D. s Rock Star are among the songs included on the Big Air Experience, a new compilation for...
More »USRN - Mar 7, 2003
(3/7/03, 7 a.m. ET) -- Vin Diesel, star of last year s blockbuster XXX, will be a first-time presenter on the 34th annual NAACP Image Awards ceremony, set to tape Saturday, March 8th at the Universal...
More »USRN - Nov 21, 2002
(11/21/02, 4 p.m. ET) -- Rapper-actor Ice Cube s first four classic albums--Amerikkka s Most Wanted, Death Certificate, Lethal Injection, and The Predator--will be reissued on February 25. All four sets...
More »USRN - Nov 20, 2002
(11/20/02, 12 p.m. ET) -- Trailers for Ice Cube s Friday After Next film--which opens in theaters on Friday (November 22)--have angered the outspoken North Carolina minister who might be best known for...
More »USRN - Oct 3, 2002
(10/3/02, 1 p.m. ET) -- Westside Connection partners Ice Cube, WC, and Mack 10 are planning to tape the video for their song The Holiday Thursday and Friday (October 3 and 4) in Los Angeles. The song...
More »USRN - Sep 23, 2002
(9/23/02, 5 p.m. ET) -- Bullets and big budgets lost out to modestly priced films in theaters this weekend. The ensemble comedy Barbershop, featuring rapper-actors Ice Cube and Eve, retained its Number...
More »USRN - Sep 20, 2002
(9/20/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- Reports have surfaced that film producer, director, actor, and rapper Ice Cube is joining his former N.W.A groupmate Dr. Dre s Aftermath Entertainment label, which is distributed...
More »USRN - Sep 16, 2002
(9/16/02, 3 p.m. ET) -- In a surprisingly strong showing, MGM s ensemble comedy Barbershop leapt past My Big Fat Greek Wedding to take the Number One spot at the box office. Barbershop, which stars rapper...
More »USRN - Sep 12, 2002
(9/12/02, 5 p.m. ET) -- In Barbershop, rapper-actor Ice Cube had to show off some fancy moves...with a pair of hair clippers. Cube told LAUNCH about what it took to convince the audience that he really...
More »USRN - Sep 11, 2002
(9/11/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- Add Ice Cube to the list of artists angered by the Los Angeles Times report claiming that the late Notorious B.I.G. orchestrated the killing of fellow rapper Tupac Shakur. The...
More »USRN - Sep 6, 2002
(9/6/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- Ice Cube has found success acting in, writing, and producing movies, but he still plans to return to his roots in hip-hop music and record another album. The rapper--whose next...
More »USRN - Aug 14, 2002
(8/14/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- Ice Cube, a rapper who made the transition from musician to movie actor to screenwriter and producer, has respect for Samuel L. Jackson, but he takes issue with the Oscar-nominated...
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