O'Shea Jackson Jr. speech at Ice Cube's handprint-footprint ceremony

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https://www.maximotv.com Actor and rapper O'Shea Jackson Jr. gives a speech at Ice Cube's handprint-footprint ceremony on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California, USA.  This video is available for editorial use in all media and worldwide. To ensure compliance and proper licensing of this video, please contact us at https://www.maximotv.com. ©MaximoTV #maximotv  🇺🇸

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00:00Please help me welcome to the stage a very successful actor and

00:05rapper himself, and had the honor and privilege of playing his father in the hit

00:11Straight Out of Compton.

00:13Please welcome O'Shea Jackson, Jr.

00:23Good morning, everybody.

00:27I am film and television's O'Shea Jackson, Jr.

00:33And the worst-kept secret in Hollywood is that I am the son of O'Shea Jackson,

00:38Sr., better known to you as Ice Cube.

00:42For almost 30 years, I've been asked the same question from schoolyard to red

00:45carpets, what's it like being Ice Cube's son?

00:50It's cool.

00:52Ice Cube's cool, which is the number one quality you want from an Ice Cube.

00:57And as cool as he is, he is nowhere near as cool as O'Shea Jackson, Sr.

01:08And while they are one and the same, there are certain things that I get, that my mother

01:13gets, that my siblings get, that his grandchildren get, that y'all don't get.

01:17You see, as much as my father is known for his iconic scowl, our family is filled with more laughter than most.

01:25He and my mother both love to laugh and have passed that down to their children, and we kept that tradition alive.

01:31And we make sure to always end every conversation, no matter how long, with an I love you.

01:38He's always telling us to be ourselves.

01:40Don't chase what others say is cool.

01:43And if you never lose sight of yourself, you have a life to live with no regrets.

01:50Being a child of Ice Cube, you grow up on sets, movie sets, music video sets, photo shoot sets, sets.

01:58You learn set etiquette, who does what.

02:01And little did I know, he was getting me ready for my first job.

02:04That's right, my first job was in the movies.

02:08A little project you all might know, Are We Done Yet?

02:13I was a PA on Are We Done Yet?

02:15That was my first job.

02:17Shout out to the PAs.

02:20But later on in life, I ended up on the other side of the camera, this time as an actor.

02:24But another project that y'all might know, Janky Promoters.

02:28I know it's not the movie y'all think I'm going to say.

02:30All right, I'm going to get to it.

02:31When I turned 18, my dad took me on the road where my brother Daryl and I worked as a part of his stage crew

02:37and also performed songs with him on tour.

02:41Those times on the road as a young man is where me and my dad became really close.

02:45I've seen my dad do some cool things.

02:48I've seen him blow up a helicopter with a football in Three Kings.

02:52I've seen him take the tires off a car and drive the car onto a train track in XXX.

02:58I don't know if that really works, but it's the movies.

03:01I always felt like he chose Anaconda because my brother Daryl and I were really into reptiles.

03:09He also didn't die, which was nice.

03:13And while my dad is known for the Boys in the Hoods, the Fridays, the Jump Streets, the ride-alongs,

03:20it was movies like the Barbershop franchise, the Are We There Yets and Done Yet, Long Shot,

03:25and even Lottery Ticket that hit me a little harder.

03:28Because those wholesome roles, I got to see the man I knew at home shine.

03:32I got to see my guy.

03:34And All About the Benjamins, because All About the Benjamins is hilarious.

03:42Dad, when you told me today—when you told me about today, you asked me if I would do a speech.

03:47And with no hesitation, I said yes.

03:51Because it was yet another chance for me to tell the world how much I love you.

03:56Another opportunity to make you proud.

03:58And there is no better feeling than knowing you and our mother are proud of us.

04:04But Dad, it cannot be said enough that on behalf of myself, Mama, Darryl, Karima, Sharif, Jordan,

04:13Zeke, and even our dog, Pete, we are so proud of you.

04:21Thank you for everything you've done and continue to do for us and the world.

04:25Your handprint has been on this city for decades.

04:29It's only right that it is cemented forever.

04:34That was nice, right?

04:37Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to introduce a man that needs no introduction.

04:42The recipient of this prestigious honor, my father, the great Ice Cube.

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