Ice-T

Tracy Lauren Marrow alias Ice-T is a Rappeur (pioneer of the Pimp Rap) and a Acteur American born the February 16th 1958 with Newark (New Jersey, E. - U.).

Biography

History

At 10 years, his/her parents die in an car accident, it is then collected by family residing at Los Angeles in California. It practices the Breakdance within the group West Coast Locksmiths. During its adolescence passed to the college of Crenshaw in the district of Central South, it starts to be interested in the Rap and also to join the businesses local gangs. It is at this time there that inspired by Iceberg Slim (a gangster author of books and poem) it gives itself the nickname of Ice-T.

After having been a few years in the army, and some attempts at promotion of the unfruitful dance hip-hop, it decides at the beginning of the Années 1980, on the councils of its entourage, to record its first individual. It will be made known in approximately Los Angeles while turning with artists such as Afrika Islam or the New York City Spinmasters, and started to be essential like an important character in the medium of the rap West Coast.

Career

Musical

In 1984 it begins a career from actor with the film Breakin' , film where it also appears on the original soundtrack with the title Reckless of Ice T & Chris “The Glove” Taylor.

But it is really in 1987 that the musical career of Ice-T becomes extensive. It then signs a contract with the label Lord Records with which it will leave its first album, Rhyme Pays , which will be a real success.

One year later Ice-T founds its own label, the Rhyme Syndicate and publishes its second album: Power .

In 1989, it leaves its third album The Iceberg/Freedom off Speech in which it denounces the censure in the world of the music (in particular association Parents Music Resource Center).

Ice-T publishes in 1991 its fourth album, Original Gangster , which will undoubtedly mark the apogee of its career. In addition to the success of the title New Jack Hustler , another piece, Body Count , will be the release of a new musical orientation for Ice-T.

The success of this title of metal, recorded with musicians whom he knows well of his secondary school will open the road to him towards a parallel project, with this group which he will baptize Body Count.

This group leaves its first opus besides this same year, with the album COP Killer (“killer of cop”), which will involve a real scandal because of the virulent words towards the American police force. The police force had thus the order to seize any album comprising the hit " COP Killer " and to burn these thousands of albums. Ice-T will have to break its contract with the Warner to bring out a censured version of this album in 1992, with the name of Body Count .

In 1993, they takes part in B.O. film Judgment Night in duet with the group of Trash metal Slayer.

As from this moment there, Ice-T will multiply the cinematographic appearances, while keeping a foot in the music, since it will record Home invasion in 1993; VI - Return off the Real in 1996 and The Seventh Deadly Sin in 1999. These albums will be on the other hand only one success mitigated compared to Original Ganster .

Ice-T also continues its career with the group Body Count, since the latter publish Born Dead in 1994 and Last days: Violent one Dislocated in 1997.

In 2006, it leaves with Body Count a fourth album, Murder 4 Hire , nine years after the exit of the third opus, and reconsiders the front of the scene rap with an album solo left in the tread: Gangsta Rap .

Cinematographic

Ice-T in very played in about fifty films, of which New Jack City , Johnny Mnemonic , That hunting begins , Destination: Graceland or Christmas .

He played in addition in the series Players, the Masters of the play , and currently holds the role of Odafin Tutuola in the series New York special unit .

In 2004, it takes part in the doubling of the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas by incarnating the rappor Madd Dogg there

Discography

Solo

Rhyme Country (1987)
Power (1988)
The Iceberg/Freedom off Speech (1989)
Original Ganster (1991)
Home Invasion (1993)
VI - Return off the Real (1996)
The Seventh Deadly Sin (1999)
Greatest hits: The obviousness (compilation, 2000)
Gangsta rap (2006)

With Body Count

Body Count (1992)
Born Dead (1994)
Violent one Dislocated: the last days (1997)
Murder for Hire (2006)

Catalog of films

Mandela in Amerca (1990)

New Jack City (1991)
Rebound (1992)

CB4 (1993)
Who' S the Man? (1993)

the Plunderers (1993)
Johnny Mnemonic (1994)

Tank Girl (1995)
That Hunting Starts! (1995)

Mean Guns (1997)
the War of the Gangs (1999)

Urban Threatens (1999)
Leprechaun in the Hood (2000)

Gangland (2000)
New York special unit (Series TV - season 2 - 9) (2000 - 2007)

Air Rage (2001)
Tempête of Fire (2001)

Destination: Graceland (2001)
Christmas (2001)

The Magic 7 (2007)

External bonds

Official site
Card IMDB

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