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Ice-T ( Ice-T ) Biography

Ice-T

Ice-T (born February 16, 1958 in Newark, New Jersey, actually Tracy Marrow) is an American musician and actor

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Ice-T was born in Newark but grew up in Los Angeles. His career began with guest appearances on the series Fame - The path to glory (1983) and the two break-dance movies Breakin 'and Breakin 2 - Electric Boogaloo (both 1984). Inspired by his role as MC, he tried to become a rapper. His name, he leaned against the author Iceberg Slim. His themes reflect life on the street, reflected in the Hood and in gangs. He was one of the first rapper who glorified the lifestyle of a Pimp.

Despite a few singles in the years 1983-86, published his debut album Rhyme Pays until 1987. It was produced by Afrika Islam. It was then sold about 300,000 times the major breakthrough came in Ice-T, but only with the following album, Power and the hit single I'm Your Pusher. Again and again, he also commented on political issues.

In 1992 he founded the heavy metal crossover band Body Count. The band, especially after making the song Cop Killer attention. At the time of the scandal surrounding the use of force by police against Rodney King and subsequent riots in Los Angeles, the song sparked some controversy. Warner Brothers took the pressure of public opinion during the pre-Ice-T's next album Home Invasion was not. They released Ice-T from his contract, as well as the album was defused by two "softer" tracks (Cop Killer was replaced by Freedom Of Speech). This enabled him to build his own record company, Rhyme Syndicate.

Ice-T is known to work again with other artists who are not from the hip-hop field. So he took up with Slayer a song for the soundtrack for the film "Judgment Night - Sentenced to kill. With Jello Biafra, he released the song Freedom Of Speech. Together with Six Feet Under Ice-T took on a song called One Bullet Left. He also is featured on the album The truth hurts the band Pro-Pain in the song Put the lights out, as well as with the single Motorhead Born To Raise Hell (released off the Airheads soundtrack-represented).

He has also worked repeatedly with other rappers, most recently by Kool Keith under the name Analog Brothers and Smooth The Hustler and Trigger the Gambler, under the name SMG.

Ice-T is considered one of the most important rappers in general, on the one hand he is a pioneer of gangster rap, the other, he has also surprised with his socially critical lyrics.

His film career, he accelerated from 1991. Since then, he shot a series of films. In quick succession he turned New Jack City, Ricochet - The impact and Trespass. Since then, he is regularly faced the camera, without that his films are seen more frequently in the German speaking region. He mainly plays cops or gangsters. From 1995 he also took on roles in television series. Several guest appearances, he graduated from New York Undercover and VIP - The bodyguards before from 2000 to the regular cast of Law & Order: joining New York. As early as 1998 he had taken in the Law & Order movie Exiled, a role.

In 2000, Ice-T lent his voice to the character of Cain in the PC game Sanity - Aikens Artifact by Monolith Productions. He also composed the theme song for the game that was included with the package.

Since December 2005 he married the American actress and erotic model Coco aka Nicole Austin.

Discography
Albums

* 1987: Rhyme Pays (LP / CD, Warner Brothers)
* 1988: Power (LP / CD, Sire Records)
* 1989: Iceberg / Freedom of Speech ... Just Watch What You Say (LP / CD, Warner Brothers)
* 1991: O.G. Original Gangster (LP / CD, Warner Brothers)
* 1993: Home Invasion (LP / CD, Priority Records)
* 1993: Classic Collection (CD, Rhino Records)
* 1996: VI: Return of the Real (LP / CD, Priority Records)
* 1996: Cold As Ever (CD)
* 1999: 7th Deadly Sin (LP / CD, Atomic Pop)
* 2000: Greatest Hits: The Evidence (LP / CD, Atomic Pop)
* 2004: Ice T Presents The Westside (LP / CD, Las Records)
* 2006: Gangsta Rap (CD)

with Body Count

* 1992: Body Count (LP / CD, Sire Records)
* 1994: Born Dead (CD, Virgin Records)
* 1997: Violent Demise: The Last Days (CD, Virgin Records)
* 2006: Murder 4 Hire (CD)

with Black Ice

* 2008: Urban Legends (CD)

Filmography

* 1984: Breakin '
* 1984: Breakdance 2
* 1991: New Jack City
* 1991: Ricochet - The crash (Ricochet)
* 1992: Trespass
* 1994: Surviving the Game - chase through hell
* 1995: Tank Girl
* 1995: Networked - Johnny Mnemonic
* 1997: Mean Guns
* 1997: Below Utopia (Below Utopia)
* 1998: Crazy Six
* 1999: Shot Down
* Since 2000: Law & Order: SVU
* 2000: Gangland, L.A.
* 2000: Leprechaun 5: Leprechaun in the Hood
* 2000: Stranded - Operation Space
* 2001: Hood Rat
* 2001: Crime is King (3000 Miles to Graceland)
* 2001: Crime Partners
* 2001: Air Rage - Terror in 30.000 feet, also known as the hijackers - On Life and Death