2012 | Cast opposite Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in the big screen reboot of "21 Jump Street," based on the Fox police drama |
2012 | Cast in the crime drama "Rampart" opposite Woody Harrelson |
2010 | Co-starred opposite Bow Wow in the comedy feature "Lottery Ticket" |
2010 | Produced and acted in the small screen adaptation of his movie "Are We There Yet?," starring Terry Crews |
2008 | Co-starred opposite Keke Palmer in the Fred Durst-directed sports comedy "The Longshots" |
2007 | Starred in the comedy sequel "Are We Done Yet?" |
2005 | Teamed with filmmaker RJ Cutler to create the six-part FX documentary series titled "Black. White." |
2005 | Played an ex-criminal who joined the National Security Agency in "XXX: State of the Union" |
2005 | Cast as a a playboy bachelor trying to impress a woman (Nia Long) through her kids in "Are We There Yet?" |
2004 | Reprised the role of Calvin for "Barbershop 2" |
2003 | Co-starred in the motorcycle feature "Torque" |
2002 | Featured in the ensemble comedy "Barbershop" |
2002 | Co-starred in "All About the Benjamins" and "Friday After Next"; both of which he also wrote and produced |
2001 | Acted in the sci-fi thriller "John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars" |
2000 | Starred in the sequel "Next Friday"; also produced and wrote |
1999 | Featured in the independent "Thicker Than Water" |
1999 | Co-starred alongside George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg in "Three Kings" |
1998 | Directing debut, (also starred, wrote and produced) "The Players Club"; also produced the soundtrack |
1997 | Portrayed a South African searching for his missing brother in "Dangerous Ground"; also served as executive producer |
1997 | Co-starred in corny horror film "Anaconda" |
1995 | Reteamed with Singleton for college drama "Higher Learning" |
1995 | Executive produced (also starred and co-wrote with DJ Pooh) F. Gary Gray's feature "Friday" |
1995 | Played Teddy Woods in "The Glass Shield" |
1994 | Reunited with former N.W.A member Dr. Dre, who was now part of Death Row Records, in duet "Natural Born Killaz" |
1992 | Acted with fellow rapper Ice-T in Walter Hill's "Trespass" |
1991 | Acting debut, John Singleton's "Boyz N the Hood"; title of film taken from Ice Cube's N.W.A. single |
1990 | First rap song "Compton's N the House" that appeared in feature "Without You I'm Nothing" |
1990 | Debuted first solo album AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted; album went gold within 10 days of release |
1989 | Left N.W.A. over business disputes; the group continued for two unsuccessful years |
1988 | Teamed with Easy-E and Dr. Dre to form the rap group N.W.A.; released debut album Straight Outta Compton |
1983 | Began writing rap lyrics at age 14 |
