O’Shea Jackson Sr. Bio, Affair, Married, Wife, Net Worth, Ethnicity, Salary, Age, Nationality, Height

Who is O’Shea Jackson Sr.?

O’Shea Jackson Sr. is an American rapper, writer, and actor. He is one of the founding artists of gangsta rap. Additionally, he has also founded his clothing line ‘Solo by Cube’. He has 100 credits for soundtracks and over 45 credits as an actor.

O’Shea Jackson Sr.’s Early Life, Childhood, and Education

Jackson was born in Baldwin Hills, California on June 15, 1969, to parents Doris and Hosea Jackson. He became interested in the world of rap since his childhood years. He is of American nationality. Furthermore, he belongs to African-American ethnic background. He also has an older brother and had an older half-sister.

Talking about his education, Jackson attended George Washington Preparatory High School. Additionally, he also attended William Howard Taft High School and Phoenix Institute of Technology.

O’Shea Jackson Sr.’s Career, Salary, Net Worth

Jackson initially started writing his first raps in high school. Soon, he formed N.W.A. (Niggaz With Attitude) alongside young rappers DJ Yella, Eazy-E and MC Ren. The group’s second album, ‘Straight Outta Compton’ became a huge hot and stirred the music industry. After breaking up from N.W.A, he began his solo career. Additionally, he released his first solo album, ‘AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted’ in 1990.

Apart from his career in music, Jackson has also appeared in several movies and television series including ‘Fist Fight’, ‘xXx: Return of Xander Cage’, ‘Barbershop: The Next Cut’, ‘Ride Along 2’, ‘Are We There Yet?’, ‘21 Jump Street’, ‘Lottery Ticket’, ‘First Sunday’, ‘Barbershop 2: Back in Business’, ‘The Bernie Mac Show’, ‘Next Friday’, ‘Anaconda’, ‘The Glass Shield’, and ‘Boyz n the Hood’ among others. Additionally, he has also worked as a writer, director, and composer. He has released several studio albums. Some of them include, ‘Death Certificate’, ‘The Predator’, ‘Laugh Now, Cry Later’, and ‘Raw Footage’.

Jackson has won the All Def Movie Award two times. Additionally, he has also garnered the BET Comedy Award nominations and Black Movie Award. All in all, he has 9 wins and 25 nominations to his name.

Jackson has not revealed his current salary. However, he has an estimated net worth of around $ 140 million at present.

O’Shea Jackson Sr.’s Rumors, Controversy

Jackson has weighed in on several racism controversies in his career. He spoke about Bill Maher’s n-word controversy and Kendrick Lamar Fan’s N-word controversy. He also had his say on the Oscar race controversy. At present, there are no rumors concerning his career.

O’Shea Jackson Sr.’s Body Measurement

Talking about his body measurement, Jackson has a height of 5 feet 8 inches or 173 cm. Additionally, he weighs around 84 kg or 185 lbs. Furthermore, his hair color is black and eye color is dark brown.

O’Shea Jackson Sr.’s Social Media

Jackson is active over the social media. He has a huge number of followers on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter as well as Instagram. He has more than 4.5M followers on Twitter. In addition, he has more than 12M followers on Instagram. Similarly, his Facebook page has more than 12M followers.

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