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Be it Hollywood or Bollywood, the whole conversation around nepo babies -- a term being used for someone whose career has benefited from filmy family connections, will never die. But actor O’Shea Jackson Jr, son of rapper Ice Cube, doesn’t feel guilty about the strings tying him to the role of showbiz, instead he looks at it as a responsibility. O'Shea Jackson Jr. was last seen in dark-comedy, Cocaine Bear (Invision/AP) “When it is about coming from the second generation, it definitely is, first of all, a…

O’Shea Jackson Jr. has offered his thoughts on Logic covering his dad Ice Cube’s classic track “It Was aGood Day.”On Monday, Logic shared a live performance cover of the 1992 song, which appeared on Cube’s third album The Predator. He rapped the track word for word, and it attracted some attention on Twitter. Jackson Jr., who appeared to take issue not with Logic saying the n-word (like most on Twitter), but with him rapping a line about his mother, Kimberly Woodruff.“I respect Logic. I think he can rap. And that’s all I…

O’Shea Jackson Jr. is a “nepo baby” and proud of it.“I’m forever grateful for everything that my dad had to do to give me the opportunities that I have,” said Jackson, son of rapper and actor Ice Cube, during his appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Thursday, as noted by People.“If I were to run away from that or shy away from in it in any way, in my eyes that’s disrespectful to everything he had to go through,” the Cocaine Bear actor continued. “He didn’t work as hard as he did for me to not accept and appreciate…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeO’Shea Jackson Jr has joined the “nepo baby” discourse, saying that his career “was up to him”.A debate about the children of celebrities and their privilege erupted after Vulture released an exhaustive guide to the Hollywood “nepo-verse”.Now, the son of actor and rapper Ice Cube has entered the chat, saddling both sides of the argument. “My dad told me in a perfect world, I would play…

O’Shea Jackson Jr. took to Twitter to share his thoughts on being the famous child of a famous entertainer—or, as highlighted by this week’s New York magazine-inspired discourse, one of Hollywood’s “nepo babies.”In a series of tweets, O’Shea defended his father, Ice Cube, whom he credits with giving him the work ethic needed to be successful in the entertainment industry. He also offered a nuanced take on nepotism.“My dad told me in a perfect world, I would play him in ,” wrote 31-year-old Jackson. “I was already in…