Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Black History Month Essay #2

My essay is about Ice-Cube. Mr. Cube's name comes from the term for frozen water, which he uses because he's so cool. He's known for rapping, but I didn't bother to do any research about that part of his career.

Ice Cube later became an actor. His break out roll was in Boyz in the Hood, a movie that shockingly replaced the s with a z. Later, he had a part in Higher Learning, a movie that taught us that at any poin in your time at college, you can run into white supermacists having battles with black militants. I think I might have tripped over a few bodies getting to work today.

Later, Ice Cube hit a low when the success of Friday helped launched the career of Chris Tucker. Thankfully, he was able to bounce back with the success of Anaconda. Despite the color of his skin, his character survived the movie.

Other hit movies he's been in include Barbershop, where he tried to mix rapping with a barbershop quartet. It was revolutionary but ahead of its time. Other rolls include XXX 2, as the guy who took over the series when Van Deisel left, and a roll in Are We There Yet?

His most famous roll, of course, is in the movie Torque. And if yahoo would work, I would put up the poster for the film.



Ice Cube is in no way the same guy as Ice-T, star of Johnny Mnemonic and Tank Girl. Get your notes straight.

1 comment:

The Mickey said...

You are so gonna get a pop capped in yo ass. Seriously. Even my word verification started with AK. Even blogger knows you're gonna get it.