Having left N.W.A. for financial reasons, Ice Cube embarked on a successful solo career, starting with his debut album, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, in 1990. His second album, Death Certificate (released in 1991) included the diss track "No Vaseline", a reaction to his former NWA co-stars for the diss song "100 Miles and Runnin'".
In 1992, Ice Cube released his third album, The Predator. As with the previous two, it had its share of popular singles such as "It Was a Good Day," but marked the beginning of a decline in Cube's rap career.
His 1993 album, Lethal Injection, was less than successful in imitating the G-Funk beat of Dr. Dre's The Chronic.
Nevertheless, in 1994, Cube collaborated with his old friend at the latter's Death Row records, recording the duet "Natural Born Killaz." Unlike the members of Death Row, Cube was relatively neutral in the East Coast-West Coast feud of the time, although he frequently commented on the L.A. riots in both his music and interviews with the press. Cube has since released 5 additional albums, the latest being 2010's I Am The West.
In addition to his music, Cube also has a successful acting career. After appearing in 1991's Boyz n the Hood, he subsequently starred in the films Trespass and The Glass Shield. In 1995, Cube co-wrote and co-starred in the film Friday alongside rising comedian Chris Tucker. It was a critical and commercial success and spawned two sequels. Cube has since appeared across a number of film genres, ranging from Horror (Anaconda, John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars) to War (Three Kings), Action (XXX: State of the Union) and additional Comedies (Are We There/Done Yet?, Ride Along, Jump Street).
Cube has even gotten involved in video games. He appeared as Petty Officer Joseph Bowman in 2010's Call of Duty: Black Ops.