Ice Cube is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and producer from Los Angeles, first known as a member of N.W.A before developing a solo career in the early 1990s. His style blends gangsta rap, West Coast hip-hop and hardcore rap, with direct and incisive writing focused on social tensions, racism, urban violence and life in Los Angeles neighborhoods. With albums such as AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted, Death Certificate and The Predator, Ice Cube became one of the most influential and defining figures in West Coast rap.