Ice Cube portrayed the main character in Barbershop, Calvin Palmer, Jr.
 Meanwhile, Cube declined to costar with Janet Jackson in Singleton's 1993 romance Poetic Justice, a role that Tupac Shakur then played
=== 19891993: Early solo career, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Death Certificate, and The Predator ===In early 1990, Ice Cube recorded his debut solo album, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, in New York with iconic rap group Public Enemy's production team, the Bomb Squad

