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| Geboren | Tracy Lauren Marg 16 februari 1958 |
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| Jaren actief | 1982-heden |
| Echtgenoot(s) | Coco Austin (m. 2002) |
| Kinderen | 3 |
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| Oorsprong | Los Angeles |
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Tracy Lauren Marrow (Geboren 16 februari 1958),[1] beter bekend onder zijn artiestennaam Ice-T, is een Amerikaanse rapper, zanger, songwriter, muzikant, acteur, producer en auteur. Hij begon zijn carrière als underground rapper in de jaren 1980 en werd ondertekend bij Sire Records in 1987, toen hij zijn debuutalbum Rhyme Pays; de tweede hip-hop album om een expliciete inhoud sticker na Slick Rick's La Di Da Didragen . Het volgende jaar richtte hij het platenlabel Rhyme $yndicate Records (vernoemd naar zijn collectief van collega-hip-hop artiesten genaamd de "Rhyme $yndicate") en bracht een ander album, Power, die ging naar Platinum. Hij bracht ook een aantal andere albums die gold ging.
Hij mede-oprichter van de heavy metal band Body Count, die hij introduceerde op zijn 1991 rap album O.G.: Original Gangster, op de track getiteld "Body Count". De band bracht hun titelloze debuutalbum uit in 1992. Ice-T ondervond controverse over zijn track "Cop Killer", waarvan de teksten besproken doden politieagenten. Ice-T gevraagd om te worden vrijgegeven van zijn contract met Warner Bros Records, en zijn volgende solo-album, Home Invasion, werd later uitgebracht in februari 1993 door Priority Records. Body Count's volgende album werd uitgebracht in 1994, en Ice-T bracht nog twee albums in de late jaren 1990. Sinds 2000, heeft hij geportretteerd NYPD Detective / Sergeant Odafin Tutuola op de NBC politie drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2018 begon hij met het hosten van de true crime documentaire, In Ice Cold Blood, op het Oxygen kabelkanaal. In 2020 begint In Ice Cold Blood aan zijn derde seizoen.
Vroeg leven
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 Ice-T - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? (Part 1), Loudwire[2] | |
| Ice-T - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? (Part 2), Loudwire[3] | |
| Ice-T on America's Pop Bubble + Advice for the Kids, Loudwire[4] |
Tracy Lauren Marrow, de zoon van Salomo en Alice Marrow,[5][6] werd geboren in Newark, New Jersey. [7] Salomo was Afro-Amerikaans en Alice was Creools. [5] Decennialang werkte Solomon als transportbandmonteur bij de Rapistan Conveyor Company. Toen Marrow een kind was, verhuisde zijn familie naar luxe Summit, New Jersey. [5] De eerste keer dat ras een belangrijke rol speelde in het leven van Marrow was op de leeftijd van zeven, toen hij zich bewust werd van het racisme genivelleerd door zijn witte vrienden naar zwarte kinderen. Merg vermoedde dat hij ontsnapte aan een soortgelijke behandeling, omdat ze dachten dat hij wit was als gevolg van zijn lichtere huid. [2][5] Doorgegeven dit incident aan zijn moeder, vertelde ze hem, "Schat, mensen zijn dom,"haar advies en dit incident leerde Marrow om de manier waarop de negativiteit van anderen hem beïnvloed controle. [5]
Zijn moeder stierf aan een hartaanval toen hij in de derde klas zat. Salomo voedde Marrow vier jaar lang op als alleenstaande vader, met hulp van een huishoudster. [5] Marrow's eerste ervaring met illegale activiteiten deed zich voor nadat een fiets die zijn vader hem kocht voor Kerstmis werd gestolen. Nadat Marrow tegen zijn vader zei: "Nou, dan heb je geen fiets." [5] Merg stal onderdelen van fietsen en verzamelde "drie of vier raar uitziende, felgeschilderde fietsen" van de onderdelen; zijn vader merkte dit niet of erkende dit nooit. [5] Toen Merg dertien jaar oud was, stierf Solomon aan een hartaanval. [5][8] Vele jaren, heeft AllMusic.com verklaard dat zijn ouders "in een autoongeval"stierven[1] maar Ice-T heeft verklaard dat het eigenlijk hij was die in een autoongeval was geweest, en dat het decennia later was geweest. [5]
Na de dood van zijn vader, de verweesde Marrow woonde met een nabijgelegen tante kort, dan werd gestuurd om te leven met zijn andere tante en haar man in View Park-Windsor Hills, een hogere middenklasse Zwarte wijk in Zuid-Los Angeles. [9] Terwijl zijn neef Earl zich voorbereidde om naar de universiteit te vertrekken, deelde Marrow een slaapkamer met hem. Earl was een fan van rockmuziek en luisterde alleen naar de lokale rock radiostations; het delen van een kamer met hem leidde tot marrow's interesse in heavy metal muziek. [10]
Middelbare school, vroege criminele activiteit, militaire dienst
Merg verhuisde naar het Crenshaw District van Los Angeles toen hij in de achtste klas zat. Hij woonde Palms Junior High, die voornamelijk werd samengesteld uit witte studenten, en opgenomen zwarte studenten die reisden met de bus van South Central bij te wonen. [9] Hij woonde toen Crenshaw High School, die bijna volledig uit zwarte studenten bestond. [9][11]
Merg onderscheidde zich van de meeste van zijn vrienden omdat hij geen alcohol dronk, tabak rookt of drugs gebruikte. [12] Tijdens de tijd van Marrow in middelbare school, werden de troepen vaker in het schoolsysteem van Los Angeles. Studenten die tot de Crips en Bloods bendes behoorden woonden Crenshaw, en vochten in de gangen van de school. [9] Marrow, terwijl nooit een daadwerkelijk bendelid, was verbonden aan de voormalige. [9] Marrow begon het lezen van de romans van Iceberg Slim, die hij onthouden en reciteerde aan zijn vrienden, die genoten van het horen van de fragmenten en vertelde hem, "Yo, kick wat meer van dat door Ice, T",[12] geven Marrow zijn beroemde bijnaam. Merg en andere Crips schreef en uitgevoerd "Crip Rhymes". [13]
Zijn muziekcarrière begon bij de band van de zanggroep The Precious Few van Crenshaw High School. Merg en zijn groep openden de show en dansten op een live band. De zangers waren Thomas Barnes, Ronald Robinson en Lapekas Mayfield.
In 1975, op de leeftijd van zeventien, Marrow begon het ontvangen van sociale zekerheid uitkeringen als gevolg van de dood van zijn vader en gebruikte het geld om een appartement te huren voor $ 90 per maand. [12] Hij verkocht cannabis en stal autoradio's om extra geld te verdienen, maar hij maakte niet genoeg om zijn zwangere vriendin te ondersteunen. Toen zijn dochter eenmaal geboren was, ging hij in oktober 1977 bij het Amerikaanse leger. Merg diende een twee jaar en twee maanden durende tour in de 25th Infantry Division[12][14] en was betrokken bij een groep soldaten belast met de diefstal van een tapijt. [12] In afwachting van zijn proces, ontving hij een $2.500 bonuscontrole en ging zonder verlof zonder verlof en keerde een maand later terug, nadat het deken was teruggekeerd. Merg kreeg een niet-gerechtelijke straf als gevolg van zijn plichtsverzuim. [12]
Tijdens zijn periode in het leger, Marrow raakte geïnteresseerd in hip hop muziek. Hij hoorde The Sugar Hill Gang's onlangs uitgebrachte single "Rapper's Delight" (1979), die hem inspireerde om zijn eigen raps uit te voeren over de instrumentals van deze en andere vroege hip-hop platen. De muziek paste echter niet bij zijn teksten of vorm van levering. [13]
Toen hij was gestationeerd in Hawaii (waar prostitutie was niet een zwaar vervolgde misdaad) als een squad leider op Schofield Barracks, Marrow ontmoette een pooier genaamd Mac. [12] Mac bewonderde dat Het punt ijsberg Slim kon citeren en hij leerde Merg hoe te om een pooier zelf te zijn. [12] Merow was ook in staat om stereo-apparatuur goedkoop te kopen in Hawaii, waaronder twee Technics draaitafels, een mixer, en grote luidsprekers. Eenmaal uitgerust, begon hij toen turntablisme en rappen te leren. [13]
Tegen het einde van zijn ambtstermijn in het leger, Marrow geleerd van zijn commandant officier dat hij een eervolle kwijting kon ontvangen, want hij was een alleenstaande vader, dus hij werd ontslagen in december 1979. [12][14]
Tijdens een aflevering van The Adam Carolla Podcast die werd uitgezonden op 6 juni 2012, Marrow beweerde dat na te zijn ontslagen uit het leger, begon hij een carrière als een bankrover. Merg beweerde dat hij en een aantal medewerkers begonnen met het uitvoeren van overname bankovervallen "zoals [in de film] Heat." Merg vervolgens uitgewerkt, uit te leggen, "Alleen punks gaan voor de lade, we moeten gaan voor de kluis." Merg verklaarde ook dat hij blij was dat het Amerikaanse rechtssysteem heeft statuten van beperkingen, die waarschijnlijk was verstreken toen Marrow toegelaten tot zijn betrokkenheid bij meerdere Klasse 1 misdrijven in de vroege tot midden jaren 1980.
In July 2010, Marrow was mistakenly arrested. A month later when Marrow attended court, the charges were dropped and the prosecution stated "there had been a clerical error when the rapper was arrested". Marrow gave some advice to young people who think going to jail is a mark of integrity, saying: "Street credibility has nothing to do with going to jail, it has everything to do with staying out."[15]
Career
Music
Early career (1980–1981)
After leaving the Army, Marrow wanted to stay away from gang life and violence and instead make a name for himself as a DJ.[13] As a tribute to Iceberg Slim, Marrow adopted the stage name Ice-T. While performing as a DJ at parties, he received more attention for his rapping, which led Ice-T to pursue a career as a rapper.[13] After breaking up with his girlfriend Caitlin Boyd, he returned to a life of crime and robbed jewelry stores with his high school friends. Ice-T's raps later described how he and his friends pretended to be customers to gain access before smashing the display glass with baby sledgehammers.[13][16]
Ice-T's friends Al P. and Sean E. Sean went to prison. Al P. was caught in 1982 and sent to prison for robbing a high-end jewelry store in Laguna Niguel for $2.5 million in jewelry. Sean was arrested for possession of not only cannabis, which Sean sold, but also material stolen by Ice-T. Sean took the blame and served two years in prison. Ice-T stated that he owed a debt of gratitude to Sean because his prison time allowed him to pursue a career as a rapper.[17] Concurrently, he wound up in a car accident and was hospitalized as a John Doe because he did not carry any form of identification due to his criminal activities.[18] After being discharged from the hospital, he decided to abandon the criminal lifestyle and pursue a professional career rapping.[18] Two weeks after being released from the hospital, he won an open mic competition judged by Kurtis Blow.[19]
Professional career (1982–present)
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In 1982, Ice-T met producer Willie Strong from Saturn Records. In 1983, Strong recorded Ice-T's first single, "Cold Wind Madness", also known as "The Coldest Rap", an electro hip-hop record that became an underground success, becoming popular even though radio stations did not play it due to the song's hardcore lyrics.[17] That same year, Ice-T released "Body Rock", another electro hip-hop single that found popularity in clubs. In 1984, Ice-T released the single Killers, the first of his political raps, and then was a featured rapper on "Reckless", a single by DJ Chris "The Glove" Taylor and (co-producer) David Storrs. This song was almost immediately followed up with a sequel entitled "Reckless Rivalry (Combat)", which was featured in the Breakin' sequel, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, however it was never featured on the soundtrack album and, to this day, has never been released. Ice later recorded the songs "Ya Don't Quit" and "Dog'n the Wax (Ya Don't Quit-Part II)" with Unknown DJ, who provided a Run–D.M.C.-like sound for the songs.[19]
Ice-T received further inspiration as an artist from Schoolly D's gangsta rap single "P.S.K. What Does It Mean?", which he heard in a club. Ice-T enjoyed the single's sound and delivery, as well as its vague references to gang life, although the real life gang, Park Side Killers, was not named in the song.[19]
Ice-T decided to adopt Schoolly D's style, and wrote the lyrics to his first gangsta rap song, "6 in the Mornin'", in his Hollywood apartment, and created a minimal beat with a Roland TR-808. He compared the sound of the song, which was recorded as a B-side on the single "Dog'n The Wax", to that of the Beastie Boys.[19] The single was released in 1986, and he learned that "6 in the Mornin'" was more popular in clubs than its A-side, leading Ice-T to rap about Los Angeles gang life, which he described more explicitly than any previous rapper. He intentionally did not represent any particular gang, and wore a mixture of red and blue clothing and shoes to avoid antagonizing gang-affiliated listeners, who debated his true affiliation.[19]
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Ice-T finally landed a deal with a major label Sire Records. When label founder and president Seymour Stein heard his demo, he said, "He sounds like Bob Dylan."[20] Shortly after, he released his debut album Rhyme Pays in 1987 supported by DJ Evil E, DJ Aladdin and producer Afrika Islam, who helped create the mainly party-oriented sound. The record wound up being certified gold by the RIAA. That same year, he recorded the title theme song for Dennis Hopper's Colors, a film about inner-city gang life in Los Angeles. His next album Power was released in 1988, under his own label Rhyme Syndicate, and it was a more assured and impressive record, earning him strong reviews and his second gold record. Released in 1989, The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say established his popularity by matching excellent abrasive music with narrative and commentative lyrics.[1] In the same year, he appeared on Hugh Harris' single "Alice".[21]
In 1991, he released his album O.G. Original Gangster, which is regarded as one of the albums that defined gangsta rap. On OG, he introduced his heavy metal band Body Count in a track of the same name. Ice-T toured with Body Count on the first annual Lollapalooza concert tour in 1991, gaining him appeal among middle-class teenagers and fans of alternative music genres. The album Body Count was released in March 1992.[1] For his appearance on the heavily collaborative track "Back on the Block", a composition by jazz musician Quincy Jones that "attempt[ed] to bring together black musical styles from jazz to soul to funk to rap", Ice-T won a Grammy Award for the Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, an award shared by others who worked on the track including Jones and fellow jazz musician Ray Charles.[22]
Controversy later surrounded Body Count over its song "Cop Killer". The rock song was intended to speak from the viewpoint of a criminal getting revenge on racist, brutal cops. Ice-T's rock song infuriated government officials, the National Rifle Association and various police advocacy groups.[1][23] Consequently, Time Warner Music refused to release Ice-T's upcoming album Home Invasion because of the controversy surrounding "Cop Killer". Ice-T suggested that the furor over the song was an overreaction, telling journalist Chuck Philips "...they've done movies about nurse killers and teacher killers and student killers. Arnold Schwarzenegger blew away dozens of cops as the Terminator. But I don't hear anybody complaining about that." In the same interview, Ice-T suggested to Philips that the misunderstanding of Cop Killer, the misclassification of it as a rap song (not a rock song), and the attempts to censor it had racial overtones: "The Supreme Court says it's OK for a white man to burn a cross in public. But nobody wants a black man to write a record about a cop killer." [23]
Ice-T split amicably with Sire/Warner Bros. Records after a dispute over the artwork of the album Home Invasion. He then reactivated Rhyme Syndicate and formed a deal with Priority Records for distribution. Priority released Home Invasion in the spring of 1993.[24] The album peaked at #9 on Billboard magazine's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at #14 on the Billboard 200,[25] spawning several singles including "Gotta Lotta Love", "I Ain't New To This" and "99 Problems" – which would later inspire Jay-Z to record a version with new lyrics in 2003. In 2003 he released the single Beat of Life with Sandra Nasić, Trigga tha Gambler and DJ Tomekk and placed in the German charts.[26] [27]
Ice-T had also collaborated with certain other heavy metal bands during this time period. For the film Judgment Night, he did a duet with Slayer on the track "Disorder".[28] In 1995, Ice-T made a guest performance on Forbidden by Black Sabbath.[6] Another album of his, VI – Return of the Real, was released in 1996, followed by The Seventh Deadly Sin in 1999.[29]
His first rap album since 1999, Gangsta Rap, was released on October 31, 2006. The album's cover, which "shows [Ice-T] lying on his back in bed with his ravishing wife's ample posterior in full view and one of her legs coyly draped over his private parts", was considered to be too suggestive for most retailers, many of which were reluctant to stock the album.[30] Some reviews of the album were unenthusiastic, as many had hoped for a return to the political raps of Ice-T's most successful albums.
Ice-T appears in the film Gift. One of the last scenes includes Ice-T and Body Count playing with Jane's Addiction in a version of the Sly and the Family Stone song "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey."
Besides fronting his own band and rap projects, Ice-T has also collaborated with other hard rock and metal bands, such as Icepick, Motörhead, Slayer, Pro-Pain, and Six Feet Under. He has also covered songs by hardcore punk bands such as The Exploited, Jello Biafra, and Black Flag. Ice-T made an appearance at Insane Clown Posse's Gathering of the Juggalos (2008 edition).[31] Ice-T was also a judge for the 7th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.[32] His 2012 film Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap features a who's who of underground and mainstream rappers.[33]
In November 2011, Ice-T announced via Twitter that he was in the process of collecting beats for his next LP which was expected sometime during 2012, but as of October 2014, the album has not been released. A new Body Count album, Bloodlust, was released in 2017.[34] After the release of the album, responding to an interview question asking if he's "done with rap", he answered "I don't know" and noted that he's "really leaning more toward EDM right now".[35]
In July 2019, Ice-T released his first solo hip hop track in 10 years titled "Feds In My Rearview". The track is the first of 3 song that are a trilogy, with the second track titled "Too Old For The Dumb Shit", described as a prequel to "Feds In My Rearview", released in September 2019.[36] Ice-T was also featured on the 2020 hip hop posse cut "The Slayers Club" alongside R.A. the Rugged Man, Brand Nubian and others.
Acting
Television and film
Ice-T was prominently featured as both a rapper and a breakdancer in “Breakin’ ‘n’ Enterin’” (1983), a documentary about the early West Coast Hip Hop scene.
Ice-T's first film appearances were in the motion pictures, Breakin' (1984), and its sequel, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984). These films were released before Ice-T released his first LP, although he appears on the soundtrack to Breakin'. He has since stated he considers the films and his own performance in them to be "wack".[37]
In 1991, he embarked on a serious acting career, portraying police detective Scotty Appleton in Mario Van Peebles' action thriller New Jack City, gang leader Odessa (alongside Denzel Washington and John Lithgow) in Ricochet (1991), gang leader King James in Trespass (1992), followed by a notable lead role performance in Surviving the Game (1994), in addition to many supporting roles, such as J-Bone in Johnny Mnemonic (1995), and the marsupial mutant T-Saint in Tank Girl (1995). He was also interviewed in the Brent Owens documentary Pimps Up, Ho's Down,[38] in which he claims to have had an extensive pimping background before getting into rap. He is quoted as saying "once you max something out, it ain't no fun no more. I couldn't really get no farther." He goes on to explain his pimping experience gave him the ability to get into new businesses. "I can't act, I really can't act, I ain't no rapper, it's all game. I'm just working these niggas." Later he raps at the Players Ball.
In 1993, Ice-T along with other rappers and the three Yo! MTV Raps hosts Ed Lover, Doctor Dré and Fab 5 Freddy starred in the comedy Who's the Man?, directed by Ted Demme. In the movie, he is a drug dealer who gets really frustrated when someone calls him by his real name, "Chauncey", rather than his street name, "Nighttrain."
In 1995, Ice-T had a recurring role as vengeful drug dealer Danny Cort on the television series New York Undercover, co-created by Dick Wolf. His work on the series earned him the 1996 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. In 1997, he co-created the short-lived series Players, produced by Wolf. This was followed by a role as pimp Seymour "Kingston" Stockton in Exiled: A Law & Order Movie (1998). These collaborations led Wolf to add Ice-T to the cast of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Since 2000 he has portrayed Odafin "Fin" Tutuola, a former undercover narcotics officer transferred to the Special Victims Unit. In 2002, the NAACP awarded Ice-T with a second Image Award, again for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, for his work on Law & Order: SVU.
Around 1995,[39] Ice-T co-presented a UK-produced magazine television series on black culture, Baadasss TV.[40]
In 1997, Ice-T had a pay-per-view special titled Ice-T's Extreme Babes which appeared on Action PPV, formerly owned by BET Networks.[41][42]
In 1999, Ice-T starred in the HBO movie Stealth Fighter as a United States Naval Aviator who fakes his own death, steals an F-117 stealth fighter, and threatens to destroy United States military bases. He also acted in the movie Sonic Impact, released the same year.
Ice-T made an appearance on the comedy television series Chappelle's Show as himself presenting the award for "Player Hater of the Year" at the "Player-Haters Ball", a parody of his own appearance at the Players Ball. He was dubbed the "Original Player Hater."
Beyond Tough, a 2002 documentary series, aired on Discovery Channel about the world's most dangerous and intense professions, such as alligator wrestlers and Indy 500 pit crews, was hosted by Ice-T.[43]
In 2007, Ice-T appeared as a celebrity guest star on the MTV sketch comedy show Short Circuitz. Also in late 2007, he appeared in the short-music film Hands of Hatred, which can be found online.
Ice-T was interviewed for the Cannibal Corpse retrospective documentary Centuries of Torment, as well as appearing in Chris Rock's 2009 documentary Good Hair, in which he reminisced about going to school in hair curlers.[44]
A 2016 advertisement for GEICO features Ice-T behind a lemonade stand run by children. When people ask if it's Ice-T, the actor yells back, "No, it's lemonade!"[45]
Voice acting
Ice-T's voice acting roles include Madd Dogg in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, as well as Agent Cain in Sanity: Aiken's Artifact. He also appears as himself in Def Jam: Fight for NY and UFC: Tapout fighting video games. He also voiced the character Aaron Griffin in the video game Gears of War 3.[46] Marrow also made an appearance in the 2019 video game Borderlands 3, in which he voices the character of BALEX.[47]
Other ventures
Podcasting
On December 27, 2013, Ice-T announced that he was entering podcasting in a deal with the Paragon Collective. Ice-T co-hosts the Ice-T: Final Level podcast[48] with his longtime friend, Mick Benzo (known as Zulu Beatz on Sirius XM). They discuss relevant issues, movies, video games, and do a behind the scenes of Law Order: SVU segment with featured guests from the entertainment world. The show will release new episodes bi-weekly. Guests have included Jim Norton.[49] Ice-T released his first episode on January 7 to many accolades.[50]
Reality television
On October 20, 2006, Ice-T's Rap School aired and was a reality television show on VH1. It was a spin-off of the British reality show Gene Simmons' Rock School, which also aired on VH1. In Rap School, rapper/actor Ice-T teaches eight teens from York Preparatory School in New York called the "York Prep Crew" ("Y.P. Crew" for short). Each week, Ice-T gives them assignments and they compete for an imitation gold chain with a microphone on it. On the season finale on November 17, 2006, the group performed as an opening act for Public Enemy.
On June 12, 2011, E! reality show Ice Loves Coco debuted. The show is mostly about his relationship with his wife, Nicole "Coco" Austin.[51][52]
In popular media
- In the Rick and Morty episode “Get Schwifty”, "Ice-T" (voiced by show creator Dan Harmon) is portrayed as secretly being alien royalty exiled to Earth,[53] whose natural shape is revealed to be a letter T made of water.[54] Ice-T reacted on Twitter by saying "This happens with cartoonists after lots of drugs…. Fn Crazy!!"[55]
- Stand-up comedian John Mulaney dedicates a long segment on his comedy special New in Town to the humorous expositional nature of Ice-T's role on Special Victims Unit, saying that his function on the show is to be perpetually amazed by bad things, despite being in a sex crimes unit.[56]
Style and influence
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Ice cites writer Iceberg Slim and rapper Schoolly D as influences, with Iceberg Slim's novels guiding his skills as a lyricist.[13][19] His favorite heavy rock acts are Edgar Winter, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.[10] His hip hop albums helped shape gangsta rap, with music journalists tracing works of artists such as Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G., Eminem and N.W.A to "6 in the Mornin'".[19]
A love of rock led Ice to use guitar in his albums, to provide his songs with edge and power, and to make his raps harder. He drew on the fusion of rock and hip hop by Rick Rubin-produced acts such as Beastie Boys, Run-DMC and LL Cool J, who featured rock samples in their songs.[10]
Body Count – whose 1992 debut album Ice described as a "rock album with a rap mentality"[57] – is described as paving the way for the success of rap rock fusions by acts like Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit.[10][57] However, Ice-T states that the band's style does not fuse the two genres, and that Body Count is solely a rock band.[10]
In Hip Hop Connection, Ice listed his favourite rap albums: 10. Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill 9. Eric B. & Rakim, Paid in Full 8. N.W.A, Straight Outta Compton 7. Wu-Tang Clan, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) 6. The Notorious B.I.G., Ready to Die 5. Dr. Dre, The Chronic 4. Boogie Down Productions, Criminal Minded 3. Ultramagnetic MCs, Critical Beatdown 2. Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 1. Run-DMC, Run-DMC[58]
Personal life
On March 20, 1976, Marrow's high school girlfriend Adrienne gave birth to their daughter LeTesha Marrow, and they continued attending high school while raising her.[12] While filming Breakin' in 1984, he met his second girlfriend Darlene Ortiz, who was at the club where the film was shot. They began a relationship and Ortiz was featured on the covers of Rhyme Pays and Power.[19] Ice-T and Ortiz had son Ice Tracy Marrow, Jr. in 1992.[19]
Ice-T married swimsuit model Nicole "Coco Marie" Austin[52] in January 2002.[59] In celebration of their impending 9th wedding anniversary, the couple renewed their wedding vows on June 4, 2011.[51] As of 2006, they owned a penthouse apartment in North Bergen, New Jersey.[60] In 2012, they were building a five-bedroom house in Edgewater, New Jersey, that was expected to be completed by the end of the year.[61] In 2015, the couple had their first child together, daughter Chanel.[62][63]
Activism
During the popularity of Public Enemy, Ice-T was closely associated with the band and his recordings of the time showed a similar political viewpoint. He was referred to as "The Soldier of the Highest Degree" in the booklet for Fear of a Black Planet and mentioned on the track "Leave This Off Your F***in' Charts". He also collaborated with fellow anti-censorship campaigner Jello Biafra on his album The Iceberg/Freedom Of Speech... Just Watch What You Say!.
On June 5, 2008, Ice-T joked that he would be voting for John McCain in the 2008 American elections, speculating that his past affiliation with Body Count could hurt Barack Obama's chances if he endorsed him, so he would choose instead to ruin John McCain's campaign by saying he supported him.[64][65]
Personal disputes
LL Cool J
Ice-T had a feud with LL Cool J in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Apparently, this was instigated by LL's claim to be "the baddest rapper in the history of rap itself".[66] Ice-T recorded disses against LL on his 1988 album Power. On the album was the track, "I'm Your Pusher", in which a rap music addict declines to buy an LL Cool J record. The album also contains the posse rap track, "The Syndicate", which took aim at LL's lyrical ability, claiming that rapping about oneself so frequently was a "first grade topic".[67] The song also mocked the song's hook "I'm Bad", which identified it as an LL diss specifically. In the book Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies, Ice-T said that the song "Girls L.G.B.N.A.F." was also intended as a diss to LL Cool J, by making a crude song to contrast with the love songs that LL was making at the time.[68]
On LL's response, "To da Break of Dawn" in 1990, he dissed Kool Moe Dee (whose feud with LL was far more publicized) as well as MC Hammer. He then devoted the third verse of the song to dissing Ice-T, mocking his rap ability ("take your rhymes around the corner to rap rehab"), his background ("before you rapped, you was a downtown car thief"), and his style ("a brother with a perm deserves to get burned"). He also suggested that the success of Power was due to the appearance of Ice-T's girlfriend Darlene on the album cover. Ice-T appeared to have ignored the insults and he had also defended LL Cool J after his arrest in the song "Freedom of Speech".[69]
In August 2012, Ice-T said that the rivalry was "never serious" and that he needed a nemesis to create "an exciting dispute".[70]
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
In June 2008, on DJ Cisco's Urban Legend mixtape, Ice-T criticized Soulja Boy (AKA DeAndre Cortez Way) for "killing hip hop" and called his song "Crank That" "garbage" compared to the works of other hip-hop artists such as Rakim, Das EFX, Big Daddy Kane and Ice Cube. One of the comments in the exchange was when Ice-T told Way to "eat a dick".[71] The two then traded numerous videos back and forth over the Internet. These videos included a cartoon and video of Ice-T dancing on Way's behalf and an apology, but reiteration of his feelings that Way's music "sucks", on Ice-T's behalf.[72] Rapper Kanye West defended Way saying "He came from the 'hood, made his own beats, made up a new saying, new sound and a new dance with one song."[73]
Discography
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Filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Breakin' | Rap Talker | Debut on film |
| 1985 | Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo | Radiotron Rapper | |
| Rappin' | Himself | ||
| 1991 | New Jack City | Scotty Appleton | Nominated: MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance |
| Ricochet | Odessa | ||
| 1992 | Why Colors? | Himself | |
| Trespass | King James | ||
| 1993 | CB4 | Himself | |
| Who's the Man? | Nighttrain/Chauncey | ||
| Gift | Himself | Video | |
| 1994 | Surviving the Game | Jack Mason | First leading role |
| 1995 | Tank Girl | T-Saint | |
| Johnny Mnemonic | J-Bone | ||
| 1996 | Frankenpenis | Himself | Direct-to-video |
| 1997 | Below Utopia | Jim | |
| Rhyme & Reason | Himself | Documentary | |
| Mean Guns | Vincent Moon | ||
| The Deli | Phil The Meat Man | ||
| 1998 | Crazy Six | Raul | |
| Pimps Up, Ho's Down | Himself | Documentary | |
| 1999 | Sonic Impact | Agent Taja | |
| The Wrecking Crew | Menace | ||
| The Heist | C-Note | ||
| Frezno Smooth | DJ Superfly | ||
| Judgment Day | Matthew Reese | Video | |
| Urban Menace | Narrator | ||
| Stealth Fighter | Owen Turner | Also executive producer | |
| Final Voyage | Josef | ||
| Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang | Justice Rough, The Judge | ||
| Corrupt | Corrupt | ||
| 2000 | Gangland | Officer Dunn | |
| Leprechaun in the Hood | Mack Daddy | Video | |
| Luck of the Draw | Macneilly | ||
| The Alternate | Agent Williams | ||
| 2001 | Kept | Jack Mosler | |
| Stranded | Jeffries | Johnathan | |
| Crime Partners 2000 | King Fischer | ||
| 3000 Miles to Graceland | Hamilton | ||
| Point Doom | Ringman | ||
| Deadly Rhapsody | Wilson | ||
| 'R Xmas | The Kidnapper | ||
| Guardian | Max | ||
| Tara | Grady | ||
| Ticker | Terrorist Commander | ||
| Out Kold | Goldie | ||
| Ablaze | Albert Denning | ||
| Air Rage | Matt Marshall | Video | |
| Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy | Himself | Documentary | |
| 2002 | On the Edge | Slim Jim | |
| Stranded | Jeffries | ||
| Big Pun Still Not a Player | Himself | Documentary | |
| 2003 | Beef | Himself | Documentary |
| Cwalk: It's a Way of Livin | Himself | Documentary | |
| Tupac: Resurrection | Himself | Documentary | |
| Crime Partners | King Fischer | ||
| 2004 | Lexie | Rasheed | Video |
| Up In Harlem | Himself | ||
| Beef II | Himself | Documentary | |
| And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop | Himself | ||
| Prison Ball | Narrator | ||
| 2005 | Tracks | Officer Brian Clark | |
| Fuck | Himself | Documentary | |
| There's a God on the Mic | Himself | Documentary | |
| 2006 | Copy That | Himself | |
| 2007 | Apartment 309 | Detective Shearod | |
| 2008 | A Family Underground | Himself | Direct-to-DVD documentary |
| 2009 | Good Hair | Himself | Documentary |
| Tommy and the Cool Mule | Jackie A (voice) | ||
| 2010 | The Other Guys | Narrator | Uncredited |
| GhettoPhysics | Himself | Docudrama | |
| 2011 | The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique | Himself | Documentary |
| 2011 | Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation | Narrator | TV movie documentary, also executive producer |
| 2012 | Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap | Himself | Actor, director, producer |
| Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp | Himself | Actor, producer | |
| 2013 | Santorini Blue | Dr. Lewis | |
| Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire | Narrator | ||
| Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn | Tyler Moss | ||
| 2014 | Crossed the Line | Miguel | |
| 2015 | What Now | Himself | |
| The Ghetto | Victor | ||
| 2016 | How We Met | Narrator | |
| 2017 | Bloodrunners | Chesterfield | Lead Bat |
| 2019 | UglyDolls | Peggy (voice) | |
| 2019 | Public Enemy Number One | Executive Producer/Himself | Documentary directed/produced by Robert Rippberger and produced by Chris Chiari[74] |
Television
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Fame | One of the 'Enforcers' | Episode: "Break Dance" |
| 1985 | The Merv Griffin Show | Himself | Interview and live performance |
| 1989 | Yo! MTV Raps | Himself | 3 episodes |
| 1989–1994 | The Arsenio Hall Show | Himself | 7 interviews and live performances |
| 1990 | Rapmania: The Roots of Rap | Himself | TV Movie |
| The Earth Day Special | Himself | Television special | |
| The Oprah Winfrey Show | Himself | Episode dated 7 March 1990 | |
| 1990–1992 | Ebony/Jet Showcase | Himself | 2 Episodes |
| 1991 | Soul Train | Himself | |
| 1991-94 | The Arsenio Hall Show | Himself | 2 appearances |
| 1994–2008 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself | 17 appearances |
| 1995 | New York Undercover | Danny Up/Danny Cort | Episode: "CAT" Episode: "Catman Comes Back" Episode: "The Finals" (as Danny Cort) |
| Baadasss TV | Co-host | Two series each of 6 episodes. | |
| 1996 | Swift Justice | Earl Borgese | Episode: "Takin' Back the Street" |
| MADtv | Host | Season 2 episode 2 | |
| Later... with Jools Holland | Himself | Episode #7.4 | |
| 1997 | Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man | Taanzi | Episode: "Ebony, Baby" |
| Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Himself | Episode: "Needledrop" | |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Himself | Episode dated 17 October 1997 | |
| 1997–98 | Players | Isaac "Ice" Gregory | Main Cast |
| 1998 | Welcome to Paradox | Revell | Episode: "The Winner" |
| Exiled | Seymour 'Kingston' Stockton | Television film | |
| The Roseanne Show | Himself | Episode #1.26 | |
| 1999 | L.A. Heat | Cage | Episode: "Rap Sheet" |
| Batman Beyond | Ramrod | Episode: "Splicers" | |
| V.I.P | The Prophet | Episode: "Val the Hard Way" Episode: "Val Goes To Town" | |
| Sin City Spectacular | Himself | ||
| Later | Host | Episode dated 8 February 1999 | |
| 2000 | The Disciples | The Sensei | Television film |
| PhatClips | Himself | Interview | |
| WrestleMania 2000 | Himself | Performer | |
| Behind the Music | Himself | Episode: Ice-T | |
| 2000–present | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Detective/Sergeant Odafin "Fin" Tutuola | Season 2-Present Main Cast, 416 episodes |
| 2001 | The Roast of Hugh Hefner | Himself | Roaster |
| Weakest Link | Himself | Game show, Episode: Scene Stealers Edition | |
| 2002 | Beyond Tough | Himself | Host |
| 2002-06 | Last Call with Carson Daly | Himself | 3 appearances |
| 2003 | Chappelle's Show | Himself | Episode #1.9 |
| 2005 | Law & Order | Sergeant Odafin "Fin" Tutuola | Episode: "Flaw" (second half of cross-over with Law & Order: SVU episode "Design"). |
| 2006 | Ice-T's Rap School | Himself | Reality show |
| The Wendy Williams Experience | Himself | Episode dated 20 October 2006 | |
| 2007 | Belzer Vizion | Himself | Interview |
| Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav | Himself | Roaster | |
| etalk | Himself | Episode dated 27 July 2007 | |
| 2008 | The Jace Hall Show | Himself | Episode: "Blizzard's World of Warcraft Feat. Ice T. & Coco" |
| 2009 | The Magic 7 | Dr. Scratch (voice) | Animated TV movie |
| The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien | Himself | 1 appearance | |
| 2009–2010 | I Get That a Lot | Himself | TV special |
| 2010 | All Star Mr & Mrs | Himself with his wife Coco | Final round |
| The Jace Hall Show | Himself | 3 episodes | |
| Sounds Like a Revolution | Himself | Documentary | |
| 2011–2013 | Ice Loves Coco | Himself | Reality Show |
| 30 Rock | Sergeant Odafin "Fin" Tutuola | Episodes: ¡Qué Sorpresa!, Hogcock! & Last Lunch | |
| 2011 | Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump | Himself | Audience member |
| The Colbert Report | Himself | Guest | |
| Lopez Tonight | Himself | Guest | |
| Give it up for Greg Giraldo | Himself | Documentary | |
| 2012 | Live! with Kelly | Himself | Interview |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Himself | Interview |
| Alternative Press Music Awards | Himself | ||
| Celebrities Undercover | Himself | 1 episode | |
| 2014–2016 | Chicago P.D. | Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola | Episodes: "Conventions", "The Number of Rats", "The Song of Gregory Williams Yates" |
| 2015 | Ice & Coco | Himself | |
| 2016 | Younger | Himself | Episode: "Secrets & Liza" |
| Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Himself | Episode: "Kimmy Sees a Sunset!" | |
| Hip-Hop Evolution | Himself | Music documentary series | |
| 2018 | American Dad! | Himself | Episode: "The Census of the Lamb" |
| 2019 | Deadly Class[75] | Himself | Cameo |
| 2019 | Saturday Night Live | Sergeant Odafin "Fin" Tutuola | Cameo |
| 2019 | Golden Revenge | Himself | Episode: "1.01" |
| 2020 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Himself | Episode: "Ice-T and Coco" |
Videos
| Year | Name | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Be Somebody... or Be Somebody's Fool! | Himself | Music arranger: vocal arrangements for Mr. T |
| 1989 | The Iceberg Video | Himself | Includes music videos and live performances |
| 1990 | Slammin' Rap Video Magazine | Himself | Interview |
| 1991 | O.G. The Original Gangster Video | Himself | Includes music videos from O.G. Original Gangster |
| 2002 | The Repossession Live | Himself | Concert video |
| 2003 | Beat of Life | Himself | Includes music videos from DJ Tomekk |
| 2005 | Smokeout Festival Presents: Body Count and Ice-T | Himself | Concert video |
| Live in L.A. | Himself | Concert video |
Video games
| Year | Video game | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Prime Mover | Amiga | |
| 2000 | Sanity: Aiken's Artifact | Agent Nathaniel Cain | Voice |
| 2002 | UFC: Tapout | Himself | Voice |
| 2004 | Def Jam Fight for NY | Himself | Voice and likeness |
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Madd Dogg | Voice | |
| 2006 | Scarface: The World Is Yours | Himself | Voice |
| 2011 | Gears of War 3 | Aaron Griffin | Voice and likeness |
| 2019 | Borderlands 3 | Balex | Voice[76] |
As a producer
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Judgment Day | Executive producer |
| 1999 | Stealth Fighter | Executive producer |
| 1999 | Urban Menace | Video |
| 1999 | Corrupt | Film |
| 2000 | The Wrecking Crew | Film |
| 2002 | Beyond Tough | TV series documentary, co-producer |
| 2004 | Up in Harlem | Associate producer |
| 2008 | Ice-T presents: 25 to life | Executive producer |
| 2010 | The Peacemaker | TV Series, executive producer 6 episodes |
| 2011–2013 | Ice Loves Coco | Executive producer, 29 episodes |
| 2011 | Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation | TV movie documentary, also narrator |
| 2012 | Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap | Executive producer |
| 2012 | Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp | Executive producer |
| 2015 | Ice & Coco | TV series, executive producer |
| 2019 | Public Enemy Number One | Feature documentary, executive producer |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Back on the Block | Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group | Won |
| 1992 | "New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme)" | Best Rap Solo Performance | Nominated |
| 2018 | "Black Hoodie" | Best Metal Performance | Nominated |
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | "Colors" | Best Rap Video | Nominated |
| 1989 | "Colors" | Best Video from a Film | Nominated |
| 1991 | "New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme)" | Best Rap Video | Nominated |
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | New Jack City | Best Breakthrough Performance | Nominated |
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | "Pimpin' 101 " | Best Non-Sex Performance - Film or Video | Nominated |
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | "Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation" | Outstanding Arts & Culture Programming | Nominated |
All Def Movie Awards
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Surviving the Game | Best Black Survivor in a Movie | Nominated |
Bibliography
- The Ice Opinion: Who Gives a Fuck?, with Heidi Siegmund (1994)[8]
- Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption – from South Central to Hollywood (2011)[79]
- Kings of Vice (2011)[80]
- Mirror Image (2013)[81]
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External links
- Official website
- Official website
- Ice-T discography at Discogs
- Ice-T on IMDb
- Conspiracy Worldwide Radio Ice T interview (December 2009)
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