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Ice-T
Ice-T | |
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.jpg) Ice-T in 2019 | |
| Born | Tracy Lauren Marrow February 16, 1958 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | Crenshaw High School |
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| Years active | 1982–present |
| Spouse | |
| Partner | Darlene Ortiz (1984–2001)[1] |
| Children | 3 |
| Musical career | |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Instrument | Vocals |
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| Member of | Body Count |
| Formerly of | Uncle Jamm's Army |
| Website | icet |
Tracy Lauren Marrow[2] (born February 16, 1958), better known by his stage name Ice-T (or Ice T), is an American rapper and actor. He is active in both hip hop and heavy metal. Ice-T began his career as an underground rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays. The following year, he founded the record label Rhyme $yndicate Records (named after his collective of fellow hip-hop artists called the "Rhyme $yndicate") and released another album, Power (1988), which would go platinum. He also released several other albums that went gold, including The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say! (1989), O.G. Original Gangster (1991) and Home Invasion (1993).
Ice-T co-founded the heavy metal band Body Count in 1990, which he introduced on O.G. Original Gangster, on the track titled "Body Count". The band released its self-titled debut album in 1992. Ice-T encountered controversy over his track "Cop Killer", the lyrics of which discussed killing police officers. He asked to be released from his contract with Warner Bros. Records, and his follow-up solo album, Home Invasion, was released through Priority Records. Ice-T released two more albums in the late 1990s and one in the 2000s before focusing on both his acting career and Body Count, who have released eight studio albums to date, the latest being 2024's Merciless.
As an actor, Ice-T played small parts in the films Breakin' (1984) and its sequels, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo and Rappin' (1984 and 1985 respectively), before his major role debut, starring as police detective Scotty Appleton in New Jack City (1991). He received top billing for his role in Surviving the Game (1994) and continued to appear in small roles in TV series and other films throughout the 1990s. Since 2000, he has portrayed NYPD detective/sergeant Odafin Tutuola on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, making him the longest-running male series actor in history, according to Deadline.[3] A reality television show titled Ice Loves Coco ran for three seasons (2011–2013) on E!, featuring the home life of Ice-T and his wife Coco Austin. In 2018, he began hosting the true crime documentary In Ice Cold Blood on the Oxygen cable channel, which ran for three seasons.
- ^ WQHT (November 19, 2015). "Darlene Ortiz Talks Relationship with Ice T, Her Book & Beef w/ LL Cool J". Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ Thomas, Stephen. "Ice-T". AllMusic. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
- ^ NOTE: There are soap opera actors who have had longer runs than this. Coker, Cheo Hodari (August 11, 2023). "Hip-Hop At 50: Cheo Hodari Coker On Icons, Evolution & The Spirit That Remains – Guest Column". Deadline. Archived from the original on August 21, 2023. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
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