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Anyone else notice the irony of a guy who used to call himself "Cop Killer" portraying an NYPD detective? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.165.87.40 (talk • contribs) 00:33, March 13, 2006 (UTC)

Jhamez84 Ice-T noticed the irony for one, (following taken from the main article page).... He answered the controversy by saying the song was written in character, and that "if you believe that I'm a cop killer, you believe David Bowie is an astronaut." Indeed, Ice-T has portrayed police officers many times in his acting career.

Hope that answers your question.

Biography

I'm listening to an Ice-T interview from 1994 on npr's "Fresh Air" right now, and he's bringing up all sorts of interesting stuff... it would be great to have some of it incorporated into this article.

a couple of tidbits:

-he was in the army at one point -his parents both died when he was very young ZacharyS 02:20, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

there is also no mention of Ice-T's nation wide tour to college campuses as an inspirational speaker. He also wrote a book called "The Ice Opinion" released in the 1990s.

There should probably be more information on the Cop Killer controversy--after all, it's what he's famous for. Rob 17:02, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

i think the Ice T name paying homage to Iceberg Slim could be worked in here as well... --timeheater 07:15, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Also, maybe add his film and TV credits... there's a very interesting documentary on pimping that features Ice T called 'Pimps Up, Hos Down'... a must see for fans.

What about Ice T's past profession of pimping and his continued association over the years with the pimp lifetyle?

 Has Ice-T ever fallen for one of his HO's? 
Wasn't there one that got away?  Anyway, happy

birthday from Tricky Niccki, the one that got away. There's a story behind it so if you get a chance ask him. Ask him who came up with the idea for Body Count and the conversation on police brutality on the streets of Hollywood

and the teens who had to live with it in the

early '90's. Ask him what importance the Whisky-a-go-go had to do with the invention of Body Count and if he actually did his research on the Thrasher band that played there prior to the conversation on the podium with a girl he thought was a Ho but truely wasn't and why it

was so important to bring rap music further

into the mainstream of what the middle class kids were listening to at that particular time.

This article is really bad!

What the hell happened?? M.C. Brown Shoes 08:12, 20 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Three weeks ago, there was a major edit by an anonymous user which changed a lot, possibly for the worse, but I can't be sure. Maybe this was overlooked by the regular contributors to this article and should be rolled back. AxelBoldt 00:35, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Looks Like it. --Samuel J.Howard

This belongs somewhere else

"Unknown" later collaborated with West Coast Rap Pioneer / archivest DJ Flash on Ice T-The Classic Collection, Dr.Dre-Concrete Roots and West Coast Rap-The First Dynasty.

This should be part of the The Unknown DJ article. I'm not sure whether it's actually correct though, so I'll check first.

Wathiik 21:37, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Just checked. Unknown DJ in fact didn't collaborate with DJ Flash on those CDs; they just contain old tracks produced by Unknown. Wathiik 21:42, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ice-T's Background

Can somebody corroborate Ice-T's ethinicity/racial background and add it to the article page? Thanks Jhamez84 15:45, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think he says in his book (THE ICE OPINION) that his father was Creole (i.e. of mixed European and African descent), and that his mother was African-American. I'm not sure whether that should be in the article, even though one may link his racial background with his own anti-racism. Wathiik 12:26, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Note section

The Note section in Ice-T overlaps a fair bit with the rest of the article. Some info is duplicated but not all of it, so simply deleting the Note section seems counter-productive. Paddles 16:35, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Law and Order

Isn't he on one of the Law and Order series? No mention of that here.

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 The '''Note''' section in [[Ice-T]] overlaps a fair bit with the rest of the article. Some info is duplicated but not all of it, so simply deleting the '''Note''' section seems counter-productive. [[User:Paddles|Paddles]] 16:35, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
+== Law and Order ==
+Isn't he on one of the Law and Order series? No mention of that here.