Tracy Lauren Marrow (born February 16, 1958), better known by his
stage name Ice-T, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, musician,
actor, record producer, and author. He began his career as an
underground rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in
1987, when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays; the second hip-hop
album to carry an explicit content sticker after Slick Rick's La Di Da
Di. The following year, he founded the record label Rhyme $yndicate
Records (named after his collective of fellow hip-hop artists called
the "Rhyme $yndicate") and released another album, Power, which went
on to go Platinum. He also released several other albums that went
Gold.He co-founded the heavy metal band Body Count, which he
introduced on his 1991 rap album O.G.: Original Gangster, on the track
titled "Body Count". The band released their self-titled debut album
in 1992. Ice-T encountered controversy over his track "Cop Killer",
the lyrics of which discussed 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 albums in the late 1990s. Since 2000, he has
portrayed NYPD Detective/Sergeant Odafin Tutuola on the NBC police
drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2018, he began hosting the
true crime documentary, In Ice Cold Blood, on the Oxygen cable
channel. In 2020, In Ice Cold Blood began its third season.Tracy
Lauren Marrow, the son of Solomon and Alice Marrow, was born in
Newark, New Jersey. Solomon was African-American and Alice was
American Creole. For decades, Solomon worked as a conveyor belt
mechanic at the Rapistan Conveyor Company. When Marrow was a child,
his family moved to upscale Summit, New Jersey. The first time race
played a major part in Marrow's life was at the age of seven, when he
became aware of the racism leveled by his white friends towards black
children. Marrow surmised that he escaped similar treatment because
they thought that he was white due to his lighter skin. Relaying this
incident to his mother, she told him, "Honey, people are stupid;" her
advice and this incident taught Marrow to control the way the
negativity of others affected him.
stage name Ice-T, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, musician,
actor, record producer, and author. He began his career as an
underground rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in
1987, when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays; the second hip-hop
album to carry an explicit content sticker after Slick Rick's La Di Da
Di. The following year, he founded the record label Rhyme $yndicate
Records (named after his collective of fellow hip-hop artists called
the "Rhyme $yndicate") and released another album, Power, which went
on to go Platinum. He also released several other albums that went
Gold.He co-founded the heavy metal band Body Count, which he
introduced on his 1991 rap album O.G.: Original Gangster, on the track
titled "Body Count". The band released their self-titled debut album
in 1992. Ice-T encountered controversy over his track "Cop Killer",
the lyrics of which discussed 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 albums in the late 1990s. Since 2000, he has
portrayed NYPD Detective/Sergeant Odafin Tutuola on the NBC police
drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2018, he began hosting the
true crime documentary, In Ice Cold Blood, on the Oxygen cable
channel. In 2020, In Ice Cold Blood began its third season.Tracy
Lauren Marrow, the son of Solomon and Alice Marrow, was born in
Newark, New Jersey. Solomon was African-American and Alice was
American Creole. For decades, Solomon worked as a conveyor belt
mechanic at the Rapistan Conveyor Company. When Marrow was a child,
his family moved to upscale Summit, New Jersey. The first time race
played a major part in Marrow's life was at the age of seven, when he
became aware of the racism leveled by his white friends towards black
children. Marrow surmised that he escaped similar treatment because
they thought that he was white due to his lighter skin. Relaying this
incident to his mother, she told him, "Honey, people are stupid;" her
advice and this incident taught Marrow to control the way the
negativity of others affected him.
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