Hip-Hop star Ice Cube has been cast as a rogue cop in a new action comedy set to be produced titled Ride Along. The rapper’s Cube Vision Productions will producer the flick, with longtime production partner Matt Alvarez re-writing the script. The movie is still in need of a director and co-star, although production is slated to begin this summer. Cube plays a rogue cop in the comedy, who attempts to sabotage his sisters marriage to a white psychiatrist by taking him for a ride during his work day. Ice Cube’s next film due in theaters is Janky Promoters, but the film is currently seeking distribution after an agreement with the Weinstein Co. went awry. Ice Cube began his career as a rapper in the pioneering gangsta rap group, N.W.A., which recorded tracks like “Straight Outta Compton,” “Gangsta, Gangsta” and “F**k Tha Police,” which helped the group sell over 9 million records.

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