Ice Cube
Ice Cube Dates
Tue 16 Sep 2025 - 8:00 pm
Ball Arena, Denver, CO
Tue 16 Sep 2025 - 8:01 pm
Ball Arena, Denver, CO
Wed 17 Sep 2025 - 8:00 pm
Maverik Center2, West Valley City, UT
Fri 19 Sep 2025 - 7:30 pm
Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA
Fri 19 Sep 2025 - 7:31 pm
Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA
Mon 22 Sep 2025 - 8:00 pm
Moda Center, Portland, OR
Mon 22 Sep 2025 - 8:01 pm
Moda Center, Portland, OR
Thu 25 Sep 2025 - 8:00 pm
Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA
Thu 25 Sep 2025 - 8:01 pm
Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA
Sat 27 Sep 2025 - 8:00 pm
Viejas Arena, San Diego, CA
Tue 30 Sep 2025 - 8:00 pm
Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, AZ
Tue 30 Sep 2025 - 8:01 pm
Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, AZ
Thu 2 Oct 2025 - 8:00 pm
Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, TX
Thu 2 Oct 2025 - 8:01 pm
Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, TX
Sat 4 Oct 2025 - 8:00 pm
Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Mon 6 Oct 2025 - 8:00 pm
United Center, Chicago, IL
Mon 6 Oct 2025 - 8:01 pm
United Center, Chicago, IL
Wed 8 Oct 2025 - 8:00 pm
Rocket Arena, Cleveland, OH
Wed 8 Oct 2025 - 8:01 pm
Rocket Arena, Cleveland, OH
Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 8:00 pm
Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL
Tue 14 Oct 2025 - 8:00 pm
State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA
Thu 16 Oct 2025 - 8:00 pm
Moody Center, Austin, TX
Sat 4 Oct 2025 - 8:01 pm
Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Ice Cube Biography

When rap exploded creatively and commercially in the late 1980s, Ice Cube was at the forefront of the expansion. As the lyrical brains behind N.W.A, the Los Angeles-based rapper instantly became a major player in the music game by leading a musical revolution with brutal, profane, politically-infused music that, for the first time in the genres history, sold millions of albums with N.W.As Straight Outta Compton. As a solo artist, Ice Cube became raps premier act with the release of the searing masterpieces AmeriKKKas Most Wanted and Death Certificate.

 

Now, after becoming Hollywoods most bankable actor thanks to his Barbershop and Friday franchises, Ice Cube returns to his first artistic love, rapping. Laugh Now, Cry Later, the multi-platinum, award-winning music icons first solo album in six years, simmers with celebration, as well as the rage, reflection and introspection that are the hallmarks of timeless music. I feel Laugh Now, Cry Later is the state of the world, of America, of urban America, of hip-hop, Ice Cube explains of his seventh solo album. It seems like everybody is playing and nobody's worried about anything.

 

On the explosive Scott Storch (50 Cent, Dr. Dre, Beyonce) produced Why We Thugs, Ice Cube blasts an oppressive system that cripples Americas ghettos and fosters the perpetual ruin of such areas as South Central, Compton and Long Beach, Los Angeles metropolitan areas that have been war zones for decades.

 

Now, with the impending release of Laugh Now, Cry Later, his first solo album released on his own Lench Mob Records, Ice Cube is on top of his creative game and relishing in his ability to make his latest album at his own pace and on his own terms.

 

I'm putting my money where my mouth is because theres nothing a major label can do for me that I cant do for myself, he says. Not being signed to a particular label, putting it out myself, not having to worry about what a company or anyone else has to think about the record, being able to just go in and do it how I feel it with no timelines or deadlines, it made me comfortable. I was able to recommitment myself to rhyming and rapping. That all molded the way that this record sounds, which is important because I want my records to last the rest of the year when they come out.

 

Truth be told, Laugh Now, Cry Later will last well into the next decade.
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