O’Shea Jackson Jr. Speaks On Ice Cube!!!

When it comes to learning lessons from father’s, Ice Cube’s son O’Shea Jackson Jr. Speaks On Ice Cube.

CelebNMusic247.com has some highlights from a recent interview CBS News and O’Shea Jackson Jr., who portrays his father Ice Cube in the N.W.A. biopic film Straight Outta Compton, talks what he’s learned from his dad.

Jackson, Jr. said the greatest lesson he’s learned from his dad is to have confidence.

He explains:

“Have confidence in everything. No matter what it is that you’re doing, know that you can do it better than anyone.”

“You know, you have to have — when I was about 11, 12, he told me confidence is how you get girls. When you know, when you’re playing basketball, you have to have confidence in your moves if they’re gonna work. He’s just always building that confidence in all of us, in all of my siblings.”

He realized early on his dad was NOT like others dads.

Jackson, Jr. said:

“A lot of parents– a lot of kids do not think their parents are cool. Oh, no. My dad’s cool.”

He adds:

“You know, I was born in 1991. That’s when ‘Boyz n the Hood’ came out.”

“So I’ve always see him on TV. I don’t see everybody else’s dad, you know. So I’ve always had a sense of, you know, he’s cool. He’s in the light.”

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When it comes to O’Shea Jr, Ice Cube had this to say about his son portraying him in Straight Outta Compton, a movie about his younger years when he was in N.W.A.

Weighing in on the two-year audition process, and how the role of Ice Cube went to his son, O’Shea Jackson Jr.

Cube says:

“You know, it’s like, I just wanted him to show people the real me and show people what I’m all about.”

“He did a wonderful job. I’m grateful and thankful to my son for doing all that work, you know, it was so much work.”

Ice Cube revealed that he wanted his son to earn the role of playing his father:

He adds:

“I couldn’t give it to him because we were doing a serious movie. And it’s my job as a producer to protect the movie, not to, you know, make it a family and friends hour.”

“You know what I mean?”