Ice Cube, Cypress Hill & The Game for Dublin, 3Arena show
A trio of big rap names are coming to Dublin for one gig together later this year.
Ice Cube is rapper known for NWA and his solo work, along with being an actor, director, producer, civil rights activist and CEO and co-founder of the BIG3 profession 3-on-3 basketball league.
He will be joined by Cypress Hill & The Game are set to play the 3Arena on Saturday December 9th this year for the High Rollers tour.
Starting out in Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on December 5th, the 6-date tour is Cube’s takes in shows at the 3Arena Dublin, Manchester’s AO Arena, and the O2 Arena in London on December 11th.
Tickets are on sale now priced from €60 from Ticketmaster.
Beyond music, Ice Cube is a life-long civil rights activist and the co-author of Contract with Black America. In the film arena, he has established himself as entertainment’s most successful figures and was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017. He’s produced the Friday, Ride Along, Barbershop, and Are We There Yet? franchises as well as the critically acclaimed N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton. He is also an acclaimed writer (Friday, The Players Club, The Janky Promoters) and director (The Players Club) who is best known for his acting.
One of the most bankable actors in cinematic history, he has also acted in the Friday, Ride Along, Barbershop, and Are We There Yet? Franchises, along with the 21 Jump Street franchise and has had star turns as a conflicted teen in Boyz N The Hood, a greedy soldier in Three Kings, and an elite government agent in xXx: State of the Union.
Joining him will be the legendary Cypress Hill, who burst onto the scene in 1991 and are the first Latino-American hip-hop group to achieve platinum and multi-platinum successes. Since the release of Black Sunday, Cypress Hill have put out seven more albums including 2018’s critically acclaimed Elephants on Acid. Cypress Hill made history once again in 2019when the group were honoured with their very own start on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2021, Cypress Hill released ‘Champion Sound’. Produced by Black Milk, the single appears on the soundtrack of R.B.I. Baseball 21 and is also the featured songs of the band’s partnership with Montejo Cerveza.
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