Ice Cube Net Worth (Updated 2023) – Bio Overview

Ice Cube is an American rapper songwriter, record producer, actor, film producer, and writer from Compton, California who has a net worth of $160 million US as of 2023. His real name is O’Shea Jackson better known by his celebrated name Ice Cube. This rapper and actor gained worldwide claim for the humongous talent within him.

Be it the television movie or music arena Ice Cube has managed to accomplish success everywhere. He is also been successful in establishing his solo career in the NWA rap group. Ice Cube won many prestigious awards throughout his career including Hip Hop Icon Award, Outstanding Lead Actor, Most Promising Actor, Outstanding Supporting Actor in Comedy Series, Lifetime Achievement Awards, and many more. 

Ice Cube’s professional rap career started when he founded the rap group called C.I.A at the age of 17. Later Ice Cube collaborated with Dr. Dre and Eazy E to form a group named N.A.W. The rapper received a lot of recognition in the music industry by releasing ten studio albums, six compilation albums, 1 EP, 8 tracks, 1 video album, and 5 music videos that have been dropped by the music group N.A.W.

In addition to his success in the music industry, Ice Cube made a name for himself in the entertainment business by appearing in more than forty movies and numerous TV shows and series. Cube has established himself as a Leading Actor starring in over forty films and grossing more than 1.8 billion dollars all around the world. 

MTV ranked him number 8 in their list of “10 Greatest MCs of All Time in 2006.” He has also been dubbed as the greatest MC of all time by fellow rapper Snoop Dogg. Furthermore, the popular American digital media company About.com ranked him #11 on the list of their “Top 50 Greatest MCs of All Time”.

Ice Cube is also placed #14 on About.com’s “The Source’s Top 50 Lyricists of All Time” list as well as #11 on the list of their “50 Greatest MCs of All Time.” In today’s post, we will be talking about the total net worth of Ice Cube and the certain aspects of his life including his early childhood, career, biography, income, luxury cars, expensive houses, and a lot more. 

Net Worth 2023:

Early Life:

O’Shea Jackson professionally known as Ice Cube was born on the 15th of June 1969 in Baldwin Hill, South Central Los Angeles, to parents Hosea and Doris Jackson. His mother used to work as a clerk in the hospital ad custodian while his father served as a machinist and groundskeeper at UCLA.

He also has an elder brother named Clyde. Jackson was brought up on Van Wick Street in South Central. Cube had a half-sister named Beverley Jean Brown who was tragically murdered when he was 12.

He was very good at studies so he attended George Washington Preparatory High School and also went to William Howard Taft High School. After graduating from high school he pursued a diploma course in architectural drafting at Phoenix Institute of Technology in Arizona in 1987.

Early Career:

The state of fun fact Cube wrote his first-ever rap in the ninth grade when he was challenged by his friend Kiddo to write one in a typewriting class. From that point forward he began his love for rap at the age of 14.

It was in 1990 when Cube formed his recording group called “Street Knowledge”, it was during this time that his musical associate from the rap group Public Enemy introduced him to the political organization Nation of Islam (NOI).

That was the time when Ice Cube converted to Islam, he denied his membership in the (NOI) but he readily adopted the organization’s Ideology of Black Nationalism which is quite familiar amongst the rap community. In an interview in 2017, he stated that he might even change his religion a few more times before the end of his life.

The name Ice Cube was given to Jackson by his older brother Clyde. In a very funny incident, his brother used to always scare him that he would put Jackson in the freezer until he became an Ice Cube. 

Music Career:

The professional career of rapper Ice Cube is dynamic and filled with a variety of things. Cube started his rapping career with Crew in Action better known as C.I.A at the age of 16. It was after the C.I.A that Cube joined the newly formed rap group named N.W.A. It was no time that Cube became the lead artist of the group and was also the main ghostwriter behind their tracks.

Cube was the lead in N.W.A’s debut album titled Straight Outta Compton, which was dropped back in 1988. When the rapper was in the C.I.A he used to perform at occasions organized by DR. Dre. By the age of 16 Cube sold his first single to Eric Wright dubbed Eazy E who was creating an American record label in the name of Ruthless Record and the musical team N.W.A.

Later in 1989 he was not given fair credit for his work so he decided to quit N.W.A, and began his solo career. He also started with a bang on his debut album AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted which was released in 1990. Cube continued to release hits one after the other and gained critical acclaim. His work was said to be full of realistic and meaningful content.

Cube’s second album, Death Certificate included Cube’s most controversial singles such as “No Vaseline” and “Black Korea”. Even though the track, No Vaseline was highly controversial, it received critical appreciation.

The other song Black Korea was about a black girl being molested by a Korean shopkeeper, even this song crept into controversies. Ice Cube also has some great collaborations with Mack 10 and WC members of the west side connection group.

In 1996 The Westside Connection dropped their first album, Bow Down which received Platinum certification in the first year of its release. 

Ice Cube continued to release more albums including The Predator (1992) received a certification of 2x Platinum as well as Silver, Lethal Injection (1993) went Platinum, War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc) (1998) Platinum and Gold certification, War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc) (2000) earned two Gold and Platinum, Laugh Now, Cry Later (2006), Raw Footage (2008), I Am the West (2010), and Everythang’s Corrupt (2018).

Ice Cube is said to have an estimated net worth of $160 million. 

TV & Film Work:

After receiving great success in the music industry Cube also tried his luck in film and television. He is said to have done almost 40 films which have also been huge successes. Some of his biggest hit movies are including Three Kings, Boyz n the Hood, The Friday Franchise, The Barbershop Franchise, 21 Jump Street, and 22 Jump Street. 

Cube’s debut film was Boyz n the Hood in which he played the role of Doughboy in 1991. Cube has also earned numerous awards for the same time. He has shared the screen with some of the greatest stars of the entertainment industry such as Bernie Mac, Jennifer Lopez, Samuell Jackson, as well as Vin Diesel, and many others.

Cube also contributed to writing the script of the comedy film titled Friday. It was John Singleton who encouraged him to do so by stating to him that he could write a film just like he had written his records. 

Ice Cube made his appearance as well as served as an executive producer in several movies such as The Dangerous Ground, All About The Benjamins, The Players Club, Barbershop 2: Black in Business, Beauty Shop, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars, Are We Done Yet?, First Sunday, The Longshots, Janky Promoters, Lottery Ticket, Rampart, Ride Along, The Book of Life, Ride Along 2, and the Straight Outta Compton in 2015. 

Ice Cube worked as a c-writer and starred in the comedy movie Friday in 1995, and the film was made on a budget of $3.5 million it grossed more than $28 million worldwide at the box office. In 2006 Ice Cube teamed up on the 6 part FX documentary series titled Black. White. 

Cube’s other appearances in films are including Trespass, CB4, The Glass Shield, Higher Learning, Anaconda, The Players Club, I Got the Hook-Up, Thicker Than Water, Ghosts of Mars, Torque, The N-Word, X#X: State of the Union, The Longshots, Janky Promoters, Lottery Ticket, Rampart, Barbershop: The Next Cut, X#X: Return of Xander Cage, Fist Fight, as well as 2020 The High Note. 

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Personal Life:

In 1985 Ice Cube began dating Kimberly Woodruff and the two first met while attending college. The two welcomed their first son named Darrell Jackson born in December 1986. Kimberly gave birth to her second son O’Shea Jackson Jr. in February 1991. In the following year, Ice Cube and Kimberly decided to marry and their daughter Kareema was born in February 1994.

In June 2000 Ice Cube’s son, Shareef was born. Cube’s wife Kimberly has never appeared in front of the camera, she kept her life very private and no one knows much about her. Kimberly is always focused on the Betterman of her children and family. 

Controversies:

Ice Cube is charged with having a “long, troubling history of antisemitism.” This may be drafted back to his 1991 track titled “No Vaseline,” which includes racist insults led against other former N.W.A, associates. The rapper was sued for allegedly assaulting a rabbi that same year.

His Twitter statements were also allegedly antisemitic in 2020. Ice Cube was slated to act opposite Jack Black in the comedy movie entitled flick Oh Hell No in 2021 but he dropped out after denying getting inoculated against the pandemic COVID-19. The rapper would have earned $9 million from the project.

Assets:

Ice Cube’s net worth stands at about $160 million so of course, he is living a life of luxury. Ice Cube has owned a long-time family house with his spouse Kimberly which they bought back in June 1996. 

The luxury house is located in Encino and they purchased the valley home for just over $2.3 million but these days it would be valued closer to $5 million. The larger house has a main home as well as a detached house on the property.

Ice Cube’s Encino mansion spent $7,880 square feet and has 7 beds and 7 baths. Also on its property, there’s a lavish pool and spa, a ton of patio space, grassy lawns, and a full-sized basketball court.

In 2016 it was reported that the rapper bought a new mega-mansion on a Canal from the action star Jean-Claude Van Damme best known for “Street Fighter.”

Ice Cube’s beautiful house is located in Marina Del Rey, a small beachside community in Los Angeles, California. The modern home was built in 2011 right on the banks of the Grand Canal which is definitely of its selling points right in an exclusive Silver Strand community.

It is said that Ice Cube paid $7.5 million for this lavish property. The mansion spans 7,574 square feet with 6 beds and 11 baths. The rapper’s waterfront home has a signature indoor/outdoor California vibe since they merge into huge deck stairs that overlook the harbor.

Other features of Ice Cube’s Marina del Ray house include a full home movie theater, a gym, and even a poured concrete and glass wine cellar, as well as six fireplaces.

Car Collection:

It seems that Ice Cube likes his cars to be fast and luxurious. His collection has a Rolls Royce Ghost, and he says there is nothing like the feeling one of those gives you.

The rapper has a couple of Bentleys including an Arnage and a Flying Spur Model of his wife, a Porsche Panamera, and a Caddilac Escalade for when he needs something bigger. Ice also has a newer Corvette Stingray which he enjoys driving. Moreover, he owns an Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster as well as a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle which was his first-ever car.

Salaries & Earnings:

Ice Cube released his debut album from which he earned almost $2.6 million and his second album was also a big success from which he made $1.5 million. The rapper earned almost $2.5 million from his third album which was released in the 1990s.

A hefty amount of his income comes from his acting projects as he appeared in some blockbuster films. According to a 2016 report Ice Cube has managed to earn $50 million from appearing in movies. Since then his net worth of salary are increasing regularly.