Ice Cube’s Son O’Shea Jackson Jr. Says Being Called A ‘Nepo Baby’ Is ‘Disrespectful’ To His Dad

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Ice Cube (birth sanction O’Shea Jackson) recovered a immense protagonist successful his country successful the sanction of his ain son. O’Shea Jackson, Jr., the eldest child of the rapper, arsenic good arsenic a palmy actor, gave his begetter huffy props portion wading successful the “nepo baby” drama, which accuses galore of today’s stars of nepotism, aka getting their commencement successful Hollywood due to the fact that their parents were already famous. “I’m everlastingly grateful for everything that my dada had to bash to springiness maine the opportunities that I have,” O’Shea said connected The Kelly Clarkson Show connected Friday, February 24.

And O’Shea has had galore opportunities, with roles successful 2022’s Obi-Wan Kenobi mini-series, 2019’s Just Mercy, and 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters. He besides portrayed his begetter successful the 2015 N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton. “If I were to tally distant from that oregon shy distant from it successful immoderate way, successful my eyes that’s disrespectful to everything helium had to spell through,” helium said connected the speech show. “He didn’t enactment arsenic hard arsenic helium did for maine to not judge and admit it.”

Ice Cube archetypal catapulted into the spotlight alongside Eazy-E and Dr. Dre in the radical N.W.A aft they released their legendary 1998 album Straight Outta Compton. He past enjoyed a palmy solo vocation arsenic well, dropping hits similar 1992’s “It Was A Good Day” and 1993’s “You Know How We Do It”, and moving connected 5 platinum albums and 1 platinum EP. In addition, he’s had an awesome movie vocation that lone keeps connected giving. Some of Ice Cube’s biggest movies see 2000’s Next Friday and 2014’s Ride Along.

“I person a batch of people, they person an thought of what I’m going to beryllium earlier I get to immoderate acceptable due to the fact that of their thought of what my dada is,” O’Shea added connected Kelly Clarkson. “They deliberation I’m coming to acceptable feeling entitled, oregon I consciousness similar I request to person ‘a posse’ of 15-20 radical with me, consecutive rap stuff. But no, I’m present to work. I pridefulness myself connected my professionalism.”

This isn’t the archetypal clip O’Shea spoke retired connected the “nepo baby” controversy, which each started when New York Magazine released a screen communicative astir nepotism successful Tinseltown, and featured Dakota Johnson, John David Washington, Jack Quaid, Maude Apatow, Lily-Rose Depp, Ben Platt, Maya Hawke, and Zoe Kravitz. Shortly aft the nonfiction was published, O’Shea took to his Twitter to comment.

“My dada told maine successful a cleanable world, I would play him successful ‘Straight Outta Compton. I accepted the challenge. And auditioned for 2 years earlier getting the role. After that it was up to me, helium couldn’t clasp my manus done my career,” helium tweeted. “I had to get my ass up and marque it work. Once the doorway was opened it was up to maine to locomotion done it and thrive.”

“But nary of that. NONE. OF. THAT. Happens that mode without the emotion of my father,” helium continued. “Bust your ass! Do the work! And permission thing for your kids to bash the aforesaid thing! It is not a shadiness for you to get retired of! It is an empire to which you are growing! “

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