It’s a “good day” for local hip-hop fans: an icon of the genre is returning to Winnipeg next February.
True North Sports + Entertainment announced Tuesday that Ice Cube is among its hits It was a good daywill take the stage at the Canada Life Center on February 28, 2024 as part of his Straight Into Canada Tour.
The 54-year-old, who has sold more than 10 million albums as a solo artist, first rose to fame in the late 1980s as the driving force behind gangsta rap pioneers NWA, before launching an acclaimed solo career with politically charged hit records AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted, death certificate, The robberAnd Lethal injectionall published between 1990 and 1993.
He has since released six more solo albums and has become known as an actor and filmmaker alike, starring in dramas such as… boys in the area And three Kingsand comedies like that Friday series – which he also wrote and produced – barber shop, And Are we already there?
Supporting Ice Cube in Winnipeg next February will be rapper and actor Xzibit and Canadian DJ Kav.
Tickets for the show will be available starting Friday.
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