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 February 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.

Ice-T was born Tracy Marrow, son of Solomon and Alice Marrow, in Newark, New Jersey.

For many years, AllMusic. com has stated that his parents " died in an auto accident ", but Ice-T has stated that it was actually he who had been in a brutal auto accident and that was decades later.

Ice-T was interviewed for the Cannibal Corpse retrospective documentary Centuries of Torment, as well as appearing in Chris Rock's 2009 documentary Good Hair, in which he reminisced about going to school in hair curlers.

Apparently, this was instigated by LL's claim to be " the baddest rapper in the history of rap itself " Ice-T recorded two disses against LL on his 1988 album Power.

He then devoted the third verse of the song to dissing Ice-T, mocking his rap ability (" take your rhymes around the corner to rap rehab "), his background (" before you rapped, you was a downtown car thief "), and his style (" a brother with a perm deserves to get burned ").

One of the comments in the exchange was when Ice-T told Way to " eat a dick ".

* In the fourth chapter of Chronicles: Volume One, Bob Dylan says he knew Blow, and that it was Blow who introduced Dylan to the rap genre of the time ( mentioning contemporary artists like Ice-T, N. W. A.

The festival, created by Perry Farrell and Marc Geiger, was to become a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction, but at the same time it was a music festival with bands such as Nine Inch Nails, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Butthole Surfers, Fishbone, The Rollins Band, The Violent Femmes, Body Count, and Ice-T. During this time Jane's Addiction began to get more exposure than they had ever before.

Ice-T was personally accused by Tipper Gore with support from the PMRC for the increasing rates of violence against police officers in Los Angeles in the late 1980s.

The song, " Body Count ", was preceded by a spoken introduction in which Ice-T responds to allegations that he had " sold out " by incorporating rock elements into his rap albums by pointing out that rock music originated with African-American artists such as Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Little Richard, in addition to stating that " as far as I'm concerned, music is music.

According to Ice-T, " I thought I was safe.

In 1990, rapper Ice-T formed a heavy metal band called Body Count, and while performing at the 1991 Lollapalooza tour performed a set that was half rap songs and half metal songs.

The inaugural 1991 lineup was made up of artists from various genres, drawing in headliners from post-punk such as Siouxsie and the Banshees to rap such as Ice-T as well as industrial music such as Nine Inch Nails.

1991 would also see a starring role in the Mario Van Peebles-directed New Jack City, an urban gangster film with Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Vanessa L. Williams, and Chris Rock ; the film was a commercial success.

' but I thought it was funny so I made the stencil and I made a few stickers and the group of guys I was hanging out with always called each other The Posse, so it said Andre The Giant Has A Posse, and it was sort of appropriated from hip-hop slang – Public Enemy, NWA and Ice-T were all using the word.

Emerging as a member of the Rhyme Syndicate, Everlast's first solo album Forever Everlasting ( 1990 ), largely made possible by MC Ice-T, was a disappointment commercially.

** Foxy Lady was sampled in " Freedom of Speech " by Ice-T.

Analog Brothers is an experimental hip-hop crew featuring Ice Oscillator also known as Ice-T ( keyboards, drums, vocals ), Keith Korg also known as Kool Keith ( bass, strings, vocals ), Mark Moog also known as Marc Live ( drums, violyns and vocals ), Silver Synth also known as Black Silver ( synthesizer, lazar bell and vocals ), and Rex Roland also known as Pimp Rex ( keyboards, vocals, production ).

Ice-T had also collaborated with certain other heavy metal bands during this time period.

Besides fronting his own band and rap projects, Ice-T has also collaborated with other hard rock and metal bands, such as Icepick, Motörhead, Slayer, Pro-Pain, and Six Feet Under.

Ice-T also speculated that his past affiliation with Body Count could hurt Barack Obama's chances if he endorsed him, so he'd choose instead to ruin John McCain's campaign by saying he supported him.

Ice-T appeared to have ignored the insults and he had also defended LL Cool J after his arrest in the song " Freedom of Speech ".

Farrell and rapper Ice-T also do a version of Sly and the Family Stone's Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey in the film as well.

Acts such as Motörhead, Limp Bizkit, Saliva, Run – D. M. C., Salt-n-Pepa, Ice-T, Drowning Pool, Flo Rida, P. O. D., and Kid Rock have also performed during the live entrances of competitors.

Many " regulars " returned, but many new artists also appeared on stage: Sting, Bob Dylan, Fats Domino, Deep Purple, Al Jarreau, Chaka Khan, Johnny Cash, Cheap Trick, Cheb Mami, Youssou N ' Dour, Marianne Faithfull, Ice-T, Jazzmatazz, ZZ Top, Simply Red, Eric Clapton, Marisa Monte, George Benson, Jazzkantine, Alanis Morissette, David Bowie, Paul Simon ...

Carl also begins helping OG Loc establish a music career by ruining the career of prominent rapper Madd Dogg ( Ice-T ).

He also appeared on the Ice-T track " Fight Club " and re-recorded several of his more popular songs.

* Ice-T " Darc Fight Club " EP also features " Revolution " 2009

Similarly, Ice Cold's name can be said to be a parody of the many different rappers that use the word " Ice " in their names such as Ice Cube and Ice-T, but it can also be said that he easily parodies others such as L. L.

Rouleau also enjoys the music of Kiss, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Journey, Twiztid, Slick Rick, LL Cool J, Run DMC, N. W. A and Ice-T.

His music has also been featured in the games under the alias Muskabeatz, where he has produced music for old-school hip hop artists such as Afrika Bambaataa, Biz Markie, Guru, Melle Mel, Ice-T, Jeru the Damaja, KRS-One, and Wu-Tang Clan members Raekwon and U-God.

He also produced several tracks for Ice-T, among them his first gangsta rap recording, " 6 in the Mornin '" ( 1986 ).

" Their first record was distributed by Macola Records, which also distributed seminal works by Eazy-E, N. W. A and Ice-T. Having met him during their days at Ichiban, the duo worked with Vanilla Ice as a producing group called " Tha Hit-Men " between 1992 to 1994.

Silkski also produced songs that went over platinum on the Bloods & Crips " Bangin ' on Wax ” albums, as well as an album for Ice-T that went gold.

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For his appearance on the heavily collaborative track " Back on the Block ", a composition by jazz musician Quincy Jones that " attempt to bring together black musical styles from jazz to soul to funk to rap ", Ice-T won a Grammy Award for the Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, an award shared by others who worked on the track including Jones and fellow jazz musician Ray Charles.

Ice-T made an appearance on the comedy television series Chappelle's Show as himself presenting the award for " Player Hater of the Year " at the " Player-Haters Ball ", a parody of his own appearance at the Players Ball.

Ice-T at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival for the premiere of Burning Down the House

Each week, Ice-T gives them assignments and they compete for an imitation gold chain with a microphone on it.

On June 5, 2008, Ice-T jokingly stated that he would be voting for John McCain in the 2008 American elections.

In June 2008, on DJ Cisco's Urban Legend mixtape, Ice-T criticized DeAndre Cortez " Soulja Boy Tell ' Em " Way for " killing hip hop " and his song " Crank That " for being " garbage " compared to the works of other hip-hop artists such as Rakim, Das EFX, Big Daddy Kane and Ice Cube.

The group is fronted by rapper and actor Ice-T, who founded the group out of his interest in heavy metal music, taking on the role of vocalist and writing the lyrics for most of the group's songs.

Before a formula for gangsta rap had developed, artists such as the New York City-based Boogie Down Productions and Los Angeles native Ice-T implemented detailed observations of " street life ", while the chaotic, rough sounding production style of Public Enemy's records set new standards for hip hop production.

** Big Daddy Kane, Ice-T, Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel, Quincy D. III & Quincy Jones for " Back on the Block "

** Big Daddy Kane, Ice-T, Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel, Quincy D. III & Quincy Jones for " Back on the Block "

Ice-T plays a detective who vows to stop Nino's criminal activity by going undercover to work for Nino's gang.

Tee had been around the Los Angeles hip hop scene for many years alongside Ice-T and Kid Frost and acted as a pioneer for the genre.

*" A Gangsta's Life Ain't Fun ": Based on " New Jack Hustler ( Nino's Theme )" by Ice-T, spoofing its thinly-veiled admiration for sex, crime and drugs.

Many rappers have been noted for a prominent use of samples derived from rock songs, including Ice-T, The Fat Boys, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Whodini, Vanilla Ice and Esham.

In 1992, DJ Flash produced the four-volume set West Coast Rap-The First Dynasty for Rhino Records, followed by Ice-T, The Classic Collection.

Ferrara returned three years later with ' R Xmas ( 2001 ), which starred Drea de Matteo and Ice-T. After recording two commentaries for Driller Killer and King of New York, he made Mary ( 2005 ), the religious-themed film starring Forrest Whitaker, Marion Cotillard, Juliette Binoche, Heather Graham, Stefania Rocca and Matthew Modine.

Following the release of the second album, Thes One began to coordinate strings of successful world tours for PUTS culminating in performances at the UK ’ s famous Glastonbury Festival in 2001 alongside Kelis, and successful shows at the Reading, Leeds ,, and infamous Essential festival in London, where the group was joined with Biz Markie, Ice-T, Jeru, Masta Ace and De La Soul on the final Sunday of the festival.

Soon after, D-Mob arranges a match against the legendary Ice-T for the player to prove himself to the rest of his crew.