A biography for Ice Cubehasn’t been written yet.
“Music has done a lot to enhance the emotions of sports. It's played in arenas. Whenever there is footage cut together they're always using music. And it goes together, you know.”
“I never was in the Nation of Islam... I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me and God. You know, going to the mosque, the ritual and the tradition, it's just not in me to do. So I don't do it.”
“You don't wanna mess up what you've done. It's like Jordan coming back: You're scared to mess up the legacy.”
“When people see the Cubevision logo, they should know it's something good, something worth checking out.”
“I was a very interested arts student, I was always into that part of school and when I got into high school I went into architectural drafting. It gave me an understanding of how to build things and it's really helped me put things in perspective. With my music and my movies, to me it's all art.”
“I don't get nothing but love. In every ghetto all over the world. Nothing but love. They respect that I came outta there and I'm doing it the right way. You can't do nothing but respect that.”
“My grandmother worked at one of those Bel-Air mansions, and we would go - not too often, but every now and then - to pick her up. Hollywood was probably 12 miles from my house, but it might as well have been a million miles away. The only time I saw that world was on TV. Until I started making records.”
“For me rappers and dancers are poets and artists and often times the most interesting performances are given by them.”
“I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who's trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.”
“Obama reminds me of the black kid at a white school that don't nobody want to play with.”
“My worst ever car was a green Datsun B210, back when they called it 'Datsun' - now it's 'Nissan.' Very unsexy, unattractive. Girls hated the car. I was embarrassed to even be in it... but it was my transportation.”
“I'm not really into the political game as far as paying politicians and stuff like that, I'm not into that. You do your job, and I'll do mine.”