Tracy Marrow (born February 16, 1958), better known as Ice T or Ice-T), is an American rapper.He was born in Newark, New Jersey and started out with other West Coast rap pioneers such as Kid Frost and Egyptian Lover with Electro recordings. Later on, he changed his style and was the first rapper from the west that got accepted by the East Coast. "6 N The Morning" is sometimes seen as the track that triggered off the whole gangster rap movement. It was produced by Unknown DJ, who produced electro funk tracks before and went on to produce Compton's Most Wanted. "Six N The Morning" was inspired by Schoolly D's "PSK" and became itself the inspiration for Eazy E and NWA's "Boyz N The Hood". Ice T went on to work with Afrika Islam, the man behind the beats on 1987s Rhyme Pays, 1988s Power and 1989s The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just watch what you say.
As the title of this third album suggests, Ice T was from the start not only a gangster rapper - he was one of the driving forces behind the new style - but also a political rap per. Seymour Stein called him "the Bob DylanBob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman May 24, 1941, Duluth, Minnesota, USA) is widely regarded as America's greatest popular songwriter. Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and Hank Williams are among the few songwriters similarly revered for t of rap", and this may be to the point. On "Freedom of Speech" Ice T attacked Tipper Gore for introducing the Parental Advisory sticker. In 1991, Ice's fourth album, Original Gangster , came out; including raps about child abuse and drunk driving as well as the theme song from the movie New Jack CityNew Jack City is a 1991 crime thriller starring Wesley Snipes, Ice T, Mario Van Peebles, Judd Nelson and Chris Rock. The film was directed by Mario Van Peebles. Snipes received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for his role i by Mario van Peebles , the movie that re-launched Ice's career as an actor. Ice also got to be the lead singer/shouter of his metal band Body CountBody Count is a heavy metal band, best known for being fronted by Ice T and causing a furor with the release of "Cop Killer" from their debut album, Body Count''. Besides Ice T, Body Count included Ernie-C, Mooseman, Beatmaster V and D-Roc. A few months a and made a song called "Cop Killer" in 1992, eventually causing Warner Brothers to drop Ice. Virgin Records released his next album Home Invasion ( 19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic.), an album with many political raps as well as featuring a new female rapper named GripGrip is: part of a sword: see hilt a job in the music industry: see grip (job) a rapper: see Grip (rapper) friction something used in climbing techniques: see grip (climbing) an audio ripping software within the GNOME project ( Linux) a fishing village in and Ice's DJ Evil EEvil E is best known as Ice T's DJ. Together with Hen-Gee another member of Ice T's Rhyme Syndicate he recorded a full-length CD, "Brothers" (Pendulum/Elektra 1991). as a rapper. On VI - Return of the Real , Ice returned to his gangster rap roots. His 7th Deadly Sin ( 1999For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album 1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN. Events Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K prep), one of the first records to be distributed via mp3 before appearing in record stores, continued in this vein. In both cases, the music was updated while not breaking any new ground. In the year 2000, Ice teamed up with East Coast pioneer Kool Keith from the Ultramagnetic MCs to form the Analog Brothers - a very successful (at least artistically) experiment. The same year also brought Ice-T's Greatest Hits: The Evidence . More recently, Ice T teamed up with east coast rappers Smoothe Da Hustler and Trigger The Gambler, establishing a new group called SMG. A DVD was followed by a CD called "Repossession" in 2004.
Ice-T is also a successful actor. This IMDb page details his acting engagements. He debuted as a rapper in the films "Breakin'" and "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" in 1984, only two years after his first 12" ("The Coldest Rap", 1982) appeared. In 1991, he embarked onto a serious acting career, playing a police detective in Mario Van Peebles' film "New Jack City". Many films followed. Ice T did a notable lead role performance in Surviving the Game (as opposed to his many supporting roles), he also appeared in films such as "R'Xmas" by Abel Ferrara and "Tank Girl". He also wrote a song for the soundtrack of the latter. As for more current/recent acting engagements, Ice-T (ironically) plays a police officer on . Another TV series that features Ice T is "Players".
