Joe Rogan interviews Ice Cube #joerogan #podcast #icecube #nwa #music O’Shea Jackson Sr. (born June 15 , 1969) in Los Angeles, California, is better known by his stage name Ice Cube. He grew up in the Baldwin Hills / South-Central area; his mother worked as a hospital clerk, his father as a groundskeeper at UCLA. He became involved in hip-hop in his teens, writing lyrics and performing in his high school days. In 1986 he helped form his first group, C.I.A., and by 1987 he joined the seminal gang