Furtados Music - Happy Birthday! We know him as Ice Cube, but he was born O'Shea Jackson. So, where did his stage name come from? It's not a sly reference to anything—it
![Ice Cube (real name O'Shea Jackson) heads to Staple Centre to watch Los Angeles Lakers basketball game Los Angeles California Stock Photo - Alamy Ice Cube (real name O'Shea Jackson) heads to Staple Centre to watch Los Angeles Lakers basketball game Los Angeles California Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/DH8P5E/ice-cube-real-name-oshea-jackson-heads-to-staple-centre-to-watch-los-DH8P5E.jpg)
Ice Cube (real name O'Shea Jackson) heads to Staple Centre to watch Los Angeles Lakers basketball game Los Angeles California Stock Photo - Alamy
![Ice Cube (born O'Shea Jackson) performs at Bunbury Music Festival at Sawyer Point Park & Yeatman's Cove on Saturday, June 4, 2016, in Cincinnati. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP Photo Stock - Alamy Ice Cube (born O'Shea Jackson) performs at Bunbury Music Festival at Sawyer Point Park & Yeatman's Cove on Saturday, June 4, 2016, in Cincinnati. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP Photo Stock - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2myhw5y/ice-cube-born-o-shea-jackson-performs-at-bunbury-music-festival-at-sawyer-point-park-yeatmans-cove-on-saturday-june-4-2016-in-cincinnati-photo-by-amy-harris-invision-ap-2myhw5y.jpg)