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O’Shea Jackson, Jr. couldn’t be extra grateful to his father, Ice Cube, for the alternatives he’s had in his profession. The profitable actor, 32, spoke out in opposition to the latest “nepo baby” controversy, which accuses a lot of right now’s stars of getting forward in Hollywood as a result of their mother and father had been already well-known. “I’m forever grateful for everything that my dad had to do to give me the opportunities that I have,” O’Shea stated on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Friday, February 24.
And O’Shea has had many alternatives, with roles in 2022’s Obi-Wan Kenobi mini-series, 2019’s Just Mercy, and 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters. He additionally portrayed his father within the 2015 N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton. “If I were to run away from that or shy away from it in any way, in my eyes that’s disrespectful to everything he had to go through,” he stated on the speak present. “He didn’t work as hard as he did for me to not accept and appreciate it.”
Ice Cube first catapulted into the highlight alongside Eazy-E and Dr. Dre within the group N.W.A after they launched their legendary 1998 album Straight Outta Compton. He then loved a profitable solo profession as properly, dropping hits like 1992’s “It Was A Good Day” and 1993’s “You Know How We Do It”, and dealing on 5 platinum albums and one platinum EP. In addition, he’s had a powerful movie profession that solely retains on giving. Some of Ice Cube’s largest films embrace 2000’s Next Friday and 2014’s Ride Along.
“I have a lot of people, they have an idea of what I’m going to be before I get to any set because of their idea of what my dad is,” O’Shea added on Kelly Clarkson. “They think I’m coming to set feeling entitled, or I feel like I need to have ‘a posse’ of 15-20 people with me, straight rap stuff. But no, I’m here to work. I pride myself on my professionalism.”
This isn’t the primary time O’Shea spoke out on the “nepo baby” controversy, which all began when New York Magazine launched a canopy story about nepotism in Tinseltown, and featured Dakota Johnson, John David Washington, Jack Quaid, Maude Apatow, Lily-Rose Depp, Ben Platt, Maya Hawke, and Zoe Kravitz. Shortly after the article was revealed, O’Shea took to his Twitter to remark.
“My dad told me in a perfect world, I would play him in ‘Straight Outta Compton. I accepted the challenge. And auditioned for two years before getting the role. After that it was up to me, he couldn’t hold my hand through my career,” he tweeted. “I had to get my ass up and make it work. Once the door was opened it was up to me to walk through it and thrive.”
“But none of that. NONE. OF. THAT. Happens that way without the love of my father,” he continued. “Bust your ass! Do the work! And go away one thing on your youngsters to do the identical factor! It isn’t a shadow so that you can get out of! It is an empire to which you might be rising! “