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Friends and family attended the ceremony on Hollywood
Boulevard, including Dr. Dre, a former fellow member of the
seminal "gangsta" rap group N.W.A.
"You know, you don't get here by yourself and when you're coming
up doing music, movies, just trying to be creative, you never
figure you'll be on the Hollywood Walk of Fame one day," Ice
Cube said.
"So today is not really about Ice Cube, it's about all the
people who helped me get here," he added.
Ice Cube, born as O'Shea Jackson, found fame in the 1980s
alongside Dr. Dre in the influential West Coast rap group N.W.A.,
writing many of the song lyrics for their iconic "Straight Outta
Compton" album.
After leaving the group over a royalty dispute, he released his
debut solo album "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted" in 1990.
The rapper began acting in movies in 1991 with a starring role
in John Singleton's film about life in a Los Angeles ghetto, "Boyz
n the Hood." He has since appeared in the films "Friday",
"Barbershop", and "Three Kings."
Ice Cube was also a producer on the 2015 biopic "Straight Outta
Compton", which told the story of N.W.A. His son O'Shea Jackson
Jr. portrayed him in the film.
(Reporting by Karishma Singh; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
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