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“I always was like, "Yo, I'm here, I might as well get what I could take."”

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Ice Cube, born O'Shea Jackson, is an American rapper, actor, and music producer. He was born on June 15, 1969, in Los Angeles. Ice Cube gained prominence in the early 1990s as a member of the rap group N.W.A, and later established himself as a solo artist with several successful albums. His music and film work are known for their sharp political and social commentary. more

“I've always gotten good grades, you know, with my teachers and my English teachers, 'cause I was able to - they'd say, "What did you do for the summer?" I'm able to explain it to them in a written form. And my teachers always patted me on the back for that, being able to take what's in my mind and put it on paper.”

Knows Mind Able Form Causes Teacher Written Paper Summer Grades English Teacher Good Grades

Author:Ice Cube

“When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.”

Men Sea Land Fit Sea Life Land And Sea

Book:The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished

Source: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished

“The '80s was wild compared to my real small childhood, which was late '70s.”

Real Childhood Late 80s

Author:Ice Cube

“The '80s was brand new. It was AIDS. It was gangbanging. It was starting to become big dope-dealing, and crack was starting to flood the neighborhoods. And then you had hip hop, which was something new, other than what we were doing, which was sports, playing football, basketball, baseball. And I was excited.”