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Happy Birthday, Ice Cube! - It's been a long time since Ice Cube was the "The N***a Ya Love to Hate," and his conquering of Hollywood had a lot to do with that. In celebration of his 46th birthday, we're taking a look at music stars who successfully crossed over to Tinseltown and had kids that followed their lead.Ice Cube's son O'Shea "Doughboy" Jackson Jr. will be making his cinematic debut portraying his father in the NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton in August and has already received rave reviews for his performance. Read on now to see more stars who took their famous musical parents' side hustles to the next level. — Michael Harris @IceBlueVA(Photo: Gregg DeGuire/WireImage)

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T.I. and Messiah Harris - The King of the South already has one seed, Domani, who has plans to conquer the music arena, but his eldest son Messiah is taking other directions from the Rubberband Man. The 15-year-old just completed his first film, Sons 2 the Grave, which is scheduled to drop later this year and centers around the murder of an NBA prospect. (Photo: Prince Williams/FilmMagic)

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Diana Ross and Tracee Ellis Ross - The Boss Diana passed her acting traits on to her daughter Tracee Ellis Ross, who took the baton and ran with it. Tracee's currently holding down the fort on the hit ABC sitcom Black-ish and had everyone tuning into the sitcom Girlfriends for eight seasons. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Will Smith and Willow Smith - Will's baby girl Willow has forged her own lane through the Hollywood traffic as the "Whip My Hair" performer lent her voice talents to Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and appeared in Nickelodeon's True Jackson, VP plus alongside her father in I Am Legend.(Photo: Janet Mayer / Splash News)

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Lenny Kravitz and Zoë Kravitz - Rocker Lenny Kravitz has proven he can handle Hollywood after a string of appearances in blockbusters like Precious, The Hunger Games and Lee Daniels' The Butler. Blessed with the acting gift from both parents, Zoë's work includes Mad Max: Fury Road and Dope so far. (Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

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Master P and Romeo - Romeo is heir to the No Limit empire, so it only made sense for Master P to groom him to fill his shoes. Besides dropping missiles on the mic like his dad, Romeo's latest film, Brotherly Love, hit theaters this year. He's also had roles in Single Ladies and Survivor's Remorse and has worked with his dad on Uncle P and his own Nickelodeon show Romeo!.(Photo: Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic)

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Alan Thicke and Robin Thicke - Robin Thicke's dad Alan has a long resume of acting credits to go with his singing talents. Many remember him from the '80s television series Growing Pains and he also sang the theme song for Diff'rent Strokes. While Robin has more success on the music tip, he starred in 2014's Making the Rules with Jaime Pressly and appeared as a child on shows like The New Lassie and The Wonder Years. (Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

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Will Smith and Jaden Smith - The Fresh Prince can arguably be considered one of the box office kings of Hollywood and his music career speaks for itself, too. His young lion Jaden has also been known to spit a few bars and showcase his acting chops. Will's lil' man has starred alongside his pops in The Pursuit of Happyness and After Earth and held his own with Taraji P. Henson in the remake of The Karate Kid.    (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Diana Ross and Evan Ross - The R&B diva showed her acting chops in the '70s with classics like The Wiz, Mahogany and Lady Sings the Blues. Her son Evan has followed in her superstar footsteps. A dynamic vocalist as well, Evan first gained notoriety as T.I.'s little brother in ATL and has starred in CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story, The Hunger Games and 90210.(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Rev. Run and Vanessa Simmons - Vanessa Simmons may not have picked up the mic like Rev. Run, but her pop's appearances in Who's the Man? and Tougher Than Leather may have sparked her interest in Hollywood. Run's oldest daughter kicked her acting career off in 2007 with a reoccurring role on the soap opera Guiding Light and hasn't looked back since. (Photo: Amy Graves/WireImage)

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Diddy and Quincy  - The Bad Boy mogul has flexed his weight up and down Tinseltown a few times, appearing in blockbusters like Monster's Ball  and Get Him to the Greek and television shows like Black-ish and Hawaii Five-0. Diddy's son Quincy's acting career really started to take off this year with his appearances in the films Dope and Brotherly Love.(Photo: Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images)