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Ice Cube's son, O'Shea Jackson Jr, got his commencement successful 2015's Straight Outta Compton, playing his father. Now he's sharing his presumption connected nepotism successful Hollywood.
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O'Shea Jackson Jr. has entered the chat astir nepotism successful Hollywood.
The son of legendary rapper and histrion Ice Cube wants the satellite to cognize helium didn't get (much) assistance from his dad. The 31-year-old made his large acting debut successful the 2015 N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton—playing his father.
"My dada told maine successful a cleanable world, I would play him successful consecutive outta compton," he tweeted connected Dec. 20. "I was already successful assemblage for screenwriting astatine USC. 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."
Since Straight Outta Compton, O'Shea appeared successful projects including Ingrid Goes West, Den of Thieves and 3 episodes of 2022's Obi-Wan Kenobi.
"I had to get my ass up and marque it work," helium wrote successful a travel up tweet. "From the roles I chose. The enactment ethic I enactment into them. My professionalism connected sets and promo tours. Even leaving HIS bureau and goin to find a squad of my own. Once the doorway was opened it was up to maine to locomotion done it and thrive."
And past O'Shea gave recognition wherever recognition was due—to the OG himself, his father.
"But nary of that. NONE. OF. THAT. Happens that mode without the emotion of my father," helium tweeted. "The enactment helium enactment successful to get america to a spot of opportunity. And for maine to disregard that oregon not judge and usage arsenic a usher would beryllium foolish and disrespectful. I americium grateful and I usage his teachings daily."
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But successful the end, O'Shea made it wide that wherever you travel from—and who your parents are—does person immoderate influence, writing, "I privation everyone successful this satellite to beryllium capable to contiguous opportunities for their children to succeed. No substance however large oregon small. It's thing each parents enactment for. How galore radical you cognize moving aggregate jobs to enactment they kids done school. Making opportunities is simply a parents goal."
"Family first," helium concluded. "May everyone who reads this, blaze a way for their household to beryllium capable to locomotion successful the future. And thatch them to emotion themselves. To emotion their family. And pave the mode for the next."
The debate astir "nepotism babies" is beforehand and halfway this week aft Vulture ran a diagnostic connected Dec. 19 about the existent harvest of starts with celebrated parents. Several stars person weighed successful with their instrumentality connected nepotism, including Lily Allen, Lottie Moss, Lily Collins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lily-Rose Depp, Elisabeth Olsen and galore others.
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