“AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted” is back, and it’s going to be playing in Santa Cruz on Wednesday, Dec. 9.

Ice Cube—the stage name for artist O’Shea Jackson—will be playing at the Catalyst on Wednesday, Dec. 9. The hardcore gangsta rapper is perhaps best known for his stint with the legendary rap group N.W.A.(Niggaz With Attitude), alongside Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, MC Ren and DJ Yella in the late 1980s and the Westside Connection in the mid-90s.

Cube pursued a solo career after failing to be compensated properly for writing most of the lyrics for N.W.A.’s platinum-selling “Straight Outta Compton.”

In the early 90s, Ice Cube released four full-length albums, “AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted,” “Death Certificate,” “The Predator” and “Lethal Injection” and an EP “Kill at Will,” all of which were released between 1990 and 1993.

His most successful album to date is “The Predator” which has gone Multi-Platinum (2,000,000 or more units). Ice Cube’s biggest comeback album was “Laugh Now, Cry Later” (2006) after spending the past six years working on movie projects. The gangster rapper—turned actor/producer and Disney actor—is plugging in the microphone once again.

Ice Cube has released eight solo full-lengths to date—one EP and five compilations.

His latest album, “Raw Footage,” released in August of 2008, is available on Ice Cube' (IceCube.com) you can download his theme song for the Oakland Raiders called “Raider Nation.” Throughout the years Ice Cube has slowed down when it has come to music, but on average has appeared in two movies a year.

His most notable films are the “Friday” series, the” Barbershop” series and “Boyz N the Hood.”

According to ESPN Online, Ice Cube will be making a documentary about the Oakland Raiders and the football team’s ties to the Los Angeles rap scene.

The documentary is a part of ESPN’s 30-for-30 film series, “Straight Outta L.A.,” which is due for release in 2010.

The Catalyst doors open at 7 p.m., and the show show starts at 8 p.m. and tickets run $35 in advance and $40 at the door. No word on who will be opening the show.