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To some, one-time Outkast protA©gA© Killer Mike may have seemed to lose his way since emerging on the scene as that fantastic rapper who would show up on his fellow ATLiens eclectic records, chewing up the lush, pop scenery with his vicious rhymes.

O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube , is an American rapper, record producer, actor, screenwriter, film producer, and director.

For blue-eyed 33-year-old soul singer Mayer Hawthorne "home is where the tour bus parks." Calling from Atlanta, he's been on the road for the last two years on a worldwide tour that's taken him from Australia to Indonesia, to Europe to finally North America, where he'll play Toronto venue The Hoxton with his band The County this Friday.

In 1992, the group released the rollickingly irreverent 'Bizarre Ride.' The quintessential album's being celebrated with a box set, a reunion show and more.

The unforgettable, yet unforgivable impact of America's first gangsta rap group is the stuff of legend.A NWA is responsible for prophetic songs like "F*ck the Police," which told the world about LAPD brutality before the Rodney King incident, but they are also responsible for injecting hip-hop with a dose of toxic violence from which it has yet to ... (more)

Back when Ice Cube was sick of watching brothers "on the video trying to out-dance each other," Atlanta was dancing its ass off.

Rock The Bells concert to feature Missy Elliott and Timbaland, Bone Thugs and Harmony, Nas, Wiz Khalifa, Ice Cube and more The men entered the El Mirage Market on Friday around 9 p.m. and held the business up at gunpoint, according to a sheriff's news release.

The touring hip-hop festival Rock the Bells has announced its line-up, revealing that Bone Thugs-n-harmony, Wiz Khalifa and Ice Cube are amongst the major acts performing in August.

Hopefully May 12 will be a good day, where Ice Cube won't have to use his AK--because the rapper is headed to Silk at Pechanga.

These days, Ice Cube is better known for his on-screen rather than studio efforts.

The tale of a pair of underachieving cops sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring stars Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and Ice Cube.

The Low End Theory Hip-Hop News Report 5.4.12 The Same Song Edition Posted by Tony Acero on 05.04.2012 News and thoughts on Ice Cube announcing a new album, Birdman starting a film company, Wiz Khalifa being arrested for marijuana again, Nicki Minaj announcing new tour dates and more! Follow us on Twitter: @TonyAcero411 @crystalhopedlp @WRComedy ... (more)

With all his success in music, movies and television, Ice Cube still remembers his days as a boy n the hood Remember the days when rappers just .

"Ironically, I was working at the real CNN at the time. I remember being baffled by the violence and not really having a frame of reference for it," Ford said.

On April 29, 1992, Los Angeles erupted after a jury acquitted four LAPD officers accused of beating Rodney King.

In the VH1 film "Uprising," Rodney King revisits the site where Los Angeles police officers beat him up in 1991.

The legacy of West Coast rap music was celebrated and the 20-year anniversary of the riots in Los Angeles was commemorated on Saturday night as several old-school legends of the genre gathered to pay homage to one of the few radio stations in the country that's currently still keeping the history alive on the airwaves.

On the 20th anniversary of the L.A. riots , Ice Cube remembers where he was when the uprising broke, and how hip hop fueled the insurgence Twenty years ago, when the L.A. riots were ignited on April 29, 1992 , a single man's life became catalyst for a rap revolution led by Ice Cube and a handful of other hip-hop icons.

Ginger Beebe, right, Arkansas first lady speaks with Lorraine Chism, a peer support specialist with Personal Empowerment Recovery Coalition in North Little Rock on Friday during a break in Empowering NWA: A Transformation in Mental Health, a symposium on mental health in the area at the Fayetteville Public Library sponsored by Phi-Alpha Honor ... (more)