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As its lead rapper, Ice Cube also wrote most of the lyrics on Straight Outta Compton, a landmark album that shaped West Coast hip-hop's early violent and controversial identity and helped differentiate it from East Coast rap. After a monetary dispute over the group's management by Eazy-E and Jerry Heller, Ice Cube left N.W.A in late 1989 and embarked on a solo career, releasing eleven albums, with seven charting within the top-10 on the U.S. Billboard 200. His singles \"It Was a Good Day\", \"Check Yo Self\", \"You Know How We Do It\", \"Bop Gun (One Nation)\", \"Pushin' Weight\", and \"You Can Do It\" all charted in the top-40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.","Ice Cube has also had an active film career since the early 1990s. His first acting role was in the hood film Boyz n the Hood (1991), named after a 1987 N.W.A. song he wrote. He also co-wrote and starred in the 1995 comedy film Friday, which spawned a franchise and reshaped his public image into an actor. He made his directorial debut with the 1998 film The Players Club, and also produced and curated the film's accompanying soundtrack. His film credits include the comedies Three Kings (1999), the Barbershop and Are We There Yet? franchises, 21 Jump Street (2012), 22 Jump Street, Ride Along (both 2014)…"],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"15 June 1969","date":"1969-06-15"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173637#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Los Angeles","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173637#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United 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