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Ice Cube was born as O'Shea Jackson in Compton, South Central Los Angeles, where he was raised, the son of Doris (née Benjamin), a hospital clerk, and Andrew Jackson, who later worked at UCLA. His cousin is Teren Delvon Jones, also known as Del tha Funkee Homosapien, of Deltron 3030, Gorillaz and Hieroglyphics. At age sixteen, Ice Cube developed an interest in hip hop music, and began writing raps in Taft High School's keyboarding class. He attended the Phoenix Institute of Technology in the fall of 1987, and studied Architectural Drafting. With friend Sir Jinx, Cube formed the C.I.A., and they performed at parties hosted by Dr. Dre.

In 1992, while taking a break from his own output, Cube assisted on debut albums from Da Lench Mob (Guerillas in tha Mist, 1992) and Kam (Neva Again, 1993), both of which enjoyed critical acclaim and some moderate commercial success. He handled most of the production on 'Guerillas in tha Mist. In 1993, Lench Mob member, J-Dee, was sentenced to life imprisonment for attempted murder, and Cube did not produce their next album, Planet of tha Apes. Around this time in 1993, Cube also worked with Tupac Shakur on his album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., appearing on the track "Last Words" with Ice T. He also did a song with Dr. Dre for the first time since he left N.W.A: "Natural Born Killaz", for the Murder Was The Case soundtrack, and also contributed to the Office Space soundtrack. Cube appeared on the song "Children of the Korn" by the band Korn, and lent his voice to British DJ Paul Oakenfold's solo debut album, Bunkka, on the track "Get Em Up".

Following his role as 'Doughboy' in Boyz n the Hood, in 1992 he starred alongside Ice-T, and Bill Paxton in Walter Hill's action film, Trespass, and then in The Glass Shield. John Singleton had encouraged Cube to try his hand at screenwriting, telling him, "if you can write a record, you can write a movie." With this encouragement, Ice Cube wrote the screenplay for what became the 1995 comedy Friday, in which he also starred, alongside then-upcoming comedian Chris Tucker. Friday became a hit, earning $28 million worldwide on a $3.5 million budget. That year he also starred in his second collaboration with John Singleton, Higher Learning, as world-weary university student, "Fudge"; a role for which he earned award nominations.

He had a supporting role in 1997's Anaconda. He wrote, executive produced, and made his directorial debut in The Players Club in 1997, and in 1999, he starred alongside George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg in the critically acclaimed Three Kings & he wrote & appeared in the Friday sequel Next Friday.In 2001, he appeared in All About The Benjamins & Ghosts of Mars. In 2002, Ice Cube starred in the commercially successful movie Barbershop, and the third film in the Friday Trilogy, Friday After Next (which he again wrote).In 2003 he appeared in Torque.In 2004, he appeared in Barbershop 2: Back in Business, and in the family friendly comedy Are We There Yet.In 2005, Ice Cube starred in the action movie XXX: State of the Union and then acted as a man who drives a woman whom he is dating and some children to Vancouver, in the family friendly comedy, Are We There Yet?, co-starring Nia Long.

In early April 2007 Ice Cube was a guest on Angie Martinez' Hot97 radio show and stated that he was interested in bringing back Chris Tucker as Smokey in a possible Friday sequel, but that was only possible if "New Line cuts the check." In an interview with BlackFilm.com, Ice Cube stated that he would be interested in involving all major characters from the Friday franchise in a possible sequel, but added "I know I'm not going to get Chris [Tucker] back, but I'd love to get everybody else back."[ In the Movies is a compilation album of Ice Cube songs that have appeared in movie soundtracks, which was released on September 4, 2007.

• Boyz n the Hood (1990) as Darin "Doughboy" Baker
• Trespass (1992) as Savon
• CB4 (1993) as himself in segment
• The Glass Shield (1994) as Teddy Woods
• Higher Learning (1994) as Fudge
• Friday (1995) as Craig Jones
• Dangerous Ground (1996) as Vusi Madlazi
• Anaconda (1997) as Danny Rich
• The Players Club (1997) as Reggie
• I Got the Hook Up (1998) as Gun Runner
• Three Kings (1999) as SSgt. Chief Elgin
• Thicker Than Water (1999) as Slink
• Next Friday (1999) as Craig Jones
• The Up In Smoke Tour (2000)
• All About The Benjamins (2001) as Bucum
• Ghosts of Mars (2001) as James 'Desolation' Williams
• BarberShop (2002) as Calvin Palmer
• Friday After Next (2002) as Craig Jones
• Torque (2003) as Trey
• BarberShop 2: Back in Business (2004) as Calvin
• Are We There Yet? (2004) as Nick Persons
• XXX: State of the Union (2005) as Darius Stone
• Are We Done Yet? (2007) as Nick Persons
• Pirate Island (2008)
• The Extractors (2008)
• The Longshots (2008)
• First Sunday (2008)
• Janky Promoters (2008)[21]
• Welcome Back, Kotter: The Movie (????) as Gabe Kotter
• The A-Team (2009) as B.A. Baracus