Ice Cube

Why we picked it

Ice Cube is a multi-hyphenate international music, film, and sports legend. Rising to fame with N.W.A., he launched a solo career selling tens of millions of albums and co-founded the West Coast supergroup Mount Westmore with Snoop Dogg, E-40, and Too $hort. As a true trailblazer in television and film, through his film and television production company, CubeVision, Ice Cube produced 50 episodes of the hit series "Hip Hop Squares" for VH1 and MTV, and he produced the award-winning, Oscar-nominated biopic "Straight Outta Compton," which grossed over $200 million worldwide. His films, collectively, have grossed over $1 billion at the box office, with franchises such as Friday," Barbershop," "Are We There Yet," "21 Jump Street," and "Ride Along" shaping the landscape of cinema. With rap hits including, "Pushin' Weight," "You Can Do It," "We Be Clubin'" and many more.