O'Shea Jackson Jr. (born February 24, 1991), also known by his stage
name OMG, is an American actor and rapper. He is the oldest son of
rapper Ice Cube, and portrayed him in the 2015 biopic Straight Outta
Compton, which was his feature film debut.Jackson was born in Los
Angeles, California, to O'Shea Jackson Sr., better known as Ice Cube,
and Kimberly Woodruff. Jackson was raised in the San Fernando Valley,
and is the second child of four. He has two brothers, elder Darrell
and younger Shareef, and a younger sister, Kareema. Darrell is also a
rapper under the name Doughboy, which is the nickname of the character
his father portrayed in his first film, Boyz n the Hood. Jackson
attended William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills,
California, from which he graduated in 2009. His father also attended
Taft High School, but unlike his father, Jackson was not bussed nearly
40 mi (64 km) home after classes. Jackson graduated from the
University of Southern California, where he studied screenwriting.In
June 2014, it was announced that Jackson had been cast to portray his
father, Ice Cube, in Straight Outta Compton, a biographical film about
N.W.A. The film was released on August 14, 2015, to positive reviews.
Jackson is noted for his physical resemblance to his father, which Ice
Cube described as "spot on". "He was born to play the part," he told
Jimmy Kimmel in October 2014.
name OMG, is an American actor and rapper. He is the oldest son of
rapper Ice Cube, and portrayed him in the 2015 biopic Straight Outta
Compton, which was his feature film debut.Jackson was born in Los
Angeles, California, to O'Shea Jackson Sr., better known as Ice Cube,
and Kimberly Woodruff. Jackson was raised in the San Fernando Valley,
and is the second child of four. He has two brothers, elder Darrell
and younger Shareef, and a younger sister, Kareema. Darrell is also a
rapper under the name Doughboy, which is the nickname of the character
his father portrayed in his first film, Boyz n the Hood. Jackson
attended William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills,
California, from which he graduated in 2009. His father also attended
Taft High School, but unlike his father, Jackson was not bussed nearly
40 mi (64 km) home after classes. Jackson graduated from the
University of Southern California, where he studied screenwriting.In
June 2014, it was announced that Jackson had been cast to portray his
father, Ice Cube, in Straight Outta Compton, a biographical film about
N.W.A. The film was released on August 14, 2015, to positive reviews.
Jackson is noted for his physical resemblance to his father, which Ice
Cube described as "spot on". "He was born to play the part," he told
Jimmy Kimmel in October 2014.
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