--- title: Sesame Street: Ice Cube Performs Magic Tricks, Teaches Elmo Vocabulary description: Yup, this a former N.W.A member hanging out with Elmo canonical: https://time.com/3546255/ice-cube-magic-tricks-sesame-street/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-29T17:22:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:10.384Z og:title: Watch Ice Cube Perform Magic Tricks on 'Sesame Street' og:description: Yup, this a former N.W.A member hanging out with Elmo og:url: https://time.com/3546255/ice-cube-magic-tricks-sesame-street/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt283d106a6ecf5aa3/6987633bcd6848f0e20975f4/screen-shot-2014-10-29-at-12-57-49-pm.png?branch=production&width=689&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 689 og:image:height: 388 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-10-29 at 12.57.49 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Ice Cube Perform Magic Tricks on 'Sesame Street' twitter:description: Yup, this a former N.W.A member hanging out with Elmo twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt283d106a6ecf5aa3/6987633bcd6848f0e20975f4/screen-shot-2014-10-29-at-12-57-49-pm.png?branch=production&width=689&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Ice Cube Perform Magic Tricks on _Sesame Street_ > Sponsored content. 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