Ice-T originally recorded raps for DJ Glove (you can find one of his songs with Glove, on one of the Street Jams: Hip Hop from the Top CD's). He was also a breakdancer at first, but growing up in the streets New Jersey he changed direction and started rapping about street life. He has to be one of the first rappers to do so (along with Grandmaster Flash and Twilight 22). My favorite song by him was "Colors" from the movie of the same name. He also did rap greats like "I'm your pusher" (which samples Curtis Mayfield's "Pusherman"), "High rollers" and "New Jack hustler". Ice-T also acts in many movies about gang life. He also introduced us to the heavy metal group Body Count who did the controversial song "Cop killer". He is one of my favorites from this genre of rap, how about you?

Wow daffy...you're just a house of fire with new topics lately :lol: Good job! Ice-T is definitely one of the best. I used to know 'The Iceburg' by heart...always got people rollin with that one :lol: Two of my other top faves off that same album....'Freedom of Speech' and 'The Girl Tried to Kill Me.' And almost everything off the first (is it the only? I don't even know...) BodyCount album :cool:

His given name is
Tracy Marrow
ICE-T was and still is a good actor. I loved his appearance in Breakdancing.
Found this interesting -
I got into acting kinda funny. I was in a club with some girl models when Mario Van Peebles walked over to me. He said 'I want you to be in a movie' and I was thinking, 'yeah right, you just wanna get down [with the girls]' The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop. I was like 'do I gotta own slaves too?'. I was really scared of doing a movie because it was my first test of branching off. I didn't want to **** up my rep with no wack movie, but everybody I talked to told me to do it, even though I was playing a cop. After I did it, I got mad love and it gave me confidence. That's when I really knew that people will always judge you for what you do, but as long as you do it well, ain't nobody's gonna be mad at you. I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.

WOW DJ!, you amaze me sometimes :D guess that's why I ove you ;) I didn't think anyone else remembered Chris "The Glove" Taylor AKA DJ Glove but me :)

I've been a Fan of Ice-T since his early days Rappin' with "The Glove" myself (I own all his Albums, even both "Body Count" Albums), I was a little young then but I remember very well, I first heard the Song "Sex" in about 3rd Grade.
I only Remember Ice-T Rappin' on 3 of "The Glove's" Tracks though, "Reckless" "Tibetan Jam" and "Combat", I could be wrong and maybe he did more :confused: but those are the only I know of...

Unfortunately only "Reckless" has been re-released on Any Compilation that I've been able to find :(, and it' on "Street Jams - Electric Funk Vol. 2" By The Way and not the "Hip Hop From The Top" Compilation Series ;) there's alot of good Old School as well as Freestyle on these Compilations :) you can find them at most Retail Music Stores still as well as online.

Here's some more Bio Info on Ice-T
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Tracy Morrow
BORN: February 14, 1959, Newark, NJ

Ice-T (born Tracy Morrow) has proven to be one of hip-hop's most articulate and intelligent stars, as well as one of its most frustrating. At his best, the rapper has written some of the best portraits of ghetto life and gangsters, as well as some of the best social commentary hip-hop has produced. Just as often, he can slip into sexism and gratuitous violence, and even then his rhymes are clever and biting. Ice-T's best recordings have always been made in conjunction with strong collaborators, whether it's the Bomb Squad or Jello Biafra. With his music, Ice-T has made a conscious effort to win the vast audience of white male adolescents, as his frequent excursions with his heavy metal band Body Count show. All the while, he has withstood a constant barrage of criticism and controversy to become a respected figure not only in the music press, but the mainstream media as well.
Although he was one of the leading figures of Californian hip-hop in the '80s, Ice-T was born in Newark, NJ. When he was a child, he moved from his native Newark to California after his parents died in an auto accident. While he was in high school, he became obsessed with rap while he went to Crenshaw High School in South Central Los Angeles. Ice-T took his name from Iceberg Slim, a pimp who wrote novels and poetry. Ice-T used to memorize lines of Iceberg Slim's poetry, reciting them for friends and classmates. After he left high school, he recorded several undistinguished 12" singles in the early '80s. He also appeared in the low-budget hip-hop films Rappin', Breakin', and Breakin' II: Electric Boogaloo as he was trying to establish a career.

Ice-T finally landed a major-label record deal with Sire Records in 1987, releasing his debut album, Rhyme Pays. On the record, he is supported by DJ Aladdin and producer Afrika Islam, who helped create the rolling, spare beats and samples that provided a backdrop for the rapper's charismatic rhymes, which were mainly party-oriented; the record wound up going gold. That same year, he recorded the theme song for Dennis Hopper's Colors, a film about inner-city life in Los Angeles. The song -- also called "Colors" -- was stronger, both lyrically and musically, with more incisive lyrics, than anything he had previously released. Ice-T formed his own record label, Rhyme Syndicate (which was distributed through Sire/Warner) in 1988, and released Power. Power was a more assured and impressive record, earning him strong reviews and his second gold record. Released in 1989, The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say established him as a true hip-hop superstar by matching excellent abrasive music with fierce, intelligent narratives, and political commentaries, especially about hip-hop censorship.

Two years later, Ice-T began an acting career, starring in the updated blaxploitation film New Jack City; he also recorded "New Jack Hustler" for the film. "New Jack Hustler" became one of the centerpieces of 1991's O.G.: Original Gangster, which became his most successful album to date. O.G. also featured a metal track called "Body Count" recorded with Ice-T's band of the same name. Ice-T took the band out on tour that summer, as he performed on the first Lollapalooza tour. The tour set-up increased his appeal with both alternative music fans and middle-class teenagers. The following year, the rapper decided to released an entire album with the band, also called Body Count.

Body Count proved to be a major turning point in Ice-T's career. On the basis of the track "Cop Killer" -- where he sang from the point-of-view of a police murderer -- the record ignited a national controversy; it was protested by the NRA and police activist groups. Time Warner Records initially supported Ice-T, yet they refused to release his new rap album, Home Invasion, on the basis of the record cover. Ice-T and the label parted ways by the end of the year. Home Invasion was released on Priority Records in the spring of 1993 to lukewarm reviews and sales. Somewhere along the way, Ice-T had begun to lose most of his original hip-hop audience; now he appealed primarily to suburban white teens. In 1994, he wrote a book and released the second Body Count album, Born Dead, which failed to stir up the same controversy as the first record -- indeed, it failed to gain much attention of any sort. Nevertheless, Body Count was successful in clubs and Ice-T continued to tour with the band.

In the summer of 1996, Ice-T released his first rap album since 1993, Return of the Real. The album was greeted by mixed reviews and it failed to live up to commercial expectations. 7th Deadly Sin followed in 1999. Ice-T then returned to acting, taking a role on NBC's Law & Order : Special Victims Unit playing, ironically, a police officer.
~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide


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Although he can't be much older than his mid-thirties, African American rap artist Ice-T prefers to keep mum about nearly everything in his past, including his birth date. What's known is that he spent a substantial portion of his youth in L.A. street gangs, that he did time in jail, and that he was in the Army for four years. In 1982, Ice-T became one of the first major West Coast rap performers with the release of his single "The Coldest Rap." Two years later he made his film bow in the popular Breakin' (1984), which he followed up with (what else?) Breakin' II (1985). His best film showing thus far has been in director Mario Van Peebles' 1991 film New Jack City. A 1990 Grammy winner for Back on the Block, Ice-T later churned up controversy on both political and showbiz fronts with his 1993 single "Cop Killer."
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Thanks Ther, so I had a couple of facts wrong :lol: