It’s not often you find yourself on a Zoom call with a rap legend, so the notification that “Ice Cube has entered the waiting room” is a thrilling way to start the day. O’Shea Jackson snr, to use his off-stage name, is in the studio that he installed in his California home during Covid as a place to “knock out ideas without having to drive somewhere”. On the wall behind him are gold discs and a framed basketball jersey once worn by Magic Johnson; basketball, his other big passion, has become another pillar of his career after he cofounded Big3,...