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Birth name |
Tracy Lauren Marrow |
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Born |
16 February 1958 (age 58)
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Origin |
Crenshaw, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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Genres |
Hip hop, West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap, hardcore punk, crossover thrash |
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Occupations |
Musician, rapper, actor, CEO, record producer, screenwriter, author |
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Years active |
1982-present |
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Labels |
Saturn, Sire, Priority, Rhyme $yndicate |
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Associated acts |
2 Live Crew, Afrika Islam, Black Ice, Beastie Boys, Eazy-E, Evil E, Ice Cube, Low Profile, Rhyme Syndicate, DJ King Assassin |
Tracy Lauren Marrow (born 16 February 1958), better known by his stage name Ice-T, is an American rapper, singer, hardcore punk musician and actor. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, and moved to the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles when he was in the eighth grade. After graduation from high school, he served in the United States Army for four years. He began his career as a rapper in the early 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays, the first hip hop album to carry an explicit content sticker. The next year, he founded the record label Rhyme Syndicate Records and released another album, Power.
He co-founded the heavy hardcore punk band Body Count, which he introduced in his 1991 album O.G. Original Gangster. Body Count released its self-titled debut album in 1992 and attracted a lot of controversy for Ice-T over his song "Cop Killer", which was perceived to glamorise killing police officers. Ice-T asked to be released from his contract with Warner Bros. Records, and his next solo album, Home Invasion, was released later in February 1993 through Priority Records. Body Count's next album was released in 1994, and Ice-t released two more solo albums in the late 1990s. Since 2000, he has appeared in the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Discography
Main article: Ice-T discography
Studio albums
- 1987: Rhyme Pays
- 1988: Power
- 1989: The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say
- 1991: O.G. Original Gangster
- 1993: Home Invasion
- 1996: VI: Return of the Real
- 1999: The Seventh Deadly Sin
- 2006: Gangsta Rap
- 2014: TBA
Collaboration albums
- 1983: Breaking and Entering (with The Radio Crew)
- 1988: Rhyme Syndicate Comin' Through (with Rhyme Syndicate)
- 1992: Body Count (with Body Count)
- 1994: Born Dead (with Body Count)
- 1995: Murder Squad Nationwide (with South Central Cartel)
- 1997: Violent Demise: The Last Days (with Body Count)
- 2000: Pimp to Eat (with Analog Brothers)
- 2004: Repossession (with SMG)
- 2006: Murder 4 Hire (with Body Count)
- 2008: Urban Legends (with Black Silver)
- 2014: Manslaughter (with Body Count)