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Tracy Marrow (born February
16, 1958), better known by his stage name Ice-T, is an American musician and
actor. He was born in Newark, New
Jersey and moved to district Crenshaw, Los Angeles, California
when he was in the 7th grade. After graduating from high school he served in
the United States Army for four years. He began his career as a rapper in the
1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album
Rhyme Pays. The next year, he founded the record label Rhyme Syndicate Records
(named after his collective of fellow hip hop artists called the Rhyme
Syndicate) and released another album, Power. He co-founded the heavy metal band
Body Count, which he introduced in his 1991 album O.G.: Original Gangster. Body
Count released its self-titled debut album in 1992. Ice-T encountered
controversy over his track "Cop Killer", which was perceived to
glamorize 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 the Fall of 1993 through Priority Records. Body Count's next album was
released in 1994, and Ice-T released two more albums in the late 1990s. Since
2000, he has portrayed NYPD Detective Odafin Tutuola on the NBC police drama
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. After leaving the Army, Marrow wanted to
stay away from gang life and violence, and decided to make use of stereo
equipment he had purchased in Hawaii,
and make a name for himself as a disc jockey. As a tribute to Iceberg Slim,
Marrow adopted the stage name Ice-T. While performing as a DJ at parties, he
received more attention as a rapper, and decided to pursue a career as a
rapper. After breaking up with Adrienne, he returned to crime life, and robbed
jewelry stores with his high school friends, pretending to be customers in
order to plan the thefts, and later smashing the display glass with baby
sledgehammers, events Marrow later described in his raps. In 1982, Marrow met
producer William Strong from Saturn Records, who recorded his first single,
"Cold Wind Madness", also known as "The Coldest Rap", which
became an underground success, becoming popular even though radio stations did
not play it due to the song's hardcore lyrics.Despite the single's success,
Marrow did not consider seriously pursuing rapping as a professional career. One
of Marrow's friends, Sean E. Sean, was arrested for possession of not only
cannabis, which Sean sold, but also material stolen by Marrow. Sean took the
blame for the stolen material, and served 25 years in prison. Marrow stated
that he owed a gratitude to Sean, because his prison time allowed Marrow to
pursue a career as a rapper. Marrow 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. After being discharged from the hospital, he
decided to abandon the criminal lifestyle and pursue a professional career
rapping.” (on Youtube)
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