Fimographie de Ice-T

Ice-T

Ice-T, né Tracy Lauren Marrow le 16 février 1958 à Newark, dans le New Jersey, est un rappeur et acteur américain. Il lance sa carrière de rappeur au début des années 1980, signe au label Sire Records en 1987 et y publie son premier album Rhyme Pays, le premier album de hip-hop paru avec l'étiquette avertissement parental. L'année suivante, il fonde son propre label Rhyme $yndicate Records (d'après son collectif de hip-hop appelé Rhyme $yndicate) et publie un autre album, Power. Il est l'un des fondateurs du groupe de heavy metal Body Count, qui présente pour la première fois dans son album O.G.: Original Gangster, publié en 1991. Body Count publie son album homonyme en 1992. Ice-T fait la polémique avec son titre Cop Killer en 1992, perçu par la presse spécialisée et le public comme une incitation à l'agression envers les agents de police. Ice-T demande la fin de son contrat avec Warner Bros. Records, et son album suivant Home Invasion, est publié en février 1993 au label Priority Records. Le deuxième album de Body Count, Born Dead est publié en 1994, et Ice-T publie deux nouveaux albums à la fin des années 1990. Depuis 2000, il joue le rôle du détective Odafin Tutuola dans la série policière New York, unité spéciale.

Tracy Morrow (born February 16, 1958), better known by his stage name Ice-T, is an American musician and actor. He was born in Newark, New Jersey and moved to district Crenshaw, Los Angeles, California when he was in the 7th grade. After graduating from high school he served in the United States Army for four years. He began his career as a rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays. The next year, he founded the record label Rhyme Syndicate Records (named after his collective of fellow hip hop artists called the Rhyme Syndicate) and released another album, Power. He co-founded the thrash metal band Body Count, which he introduced in his 1991 album O.G.: Original Gangster. Body Count released its self-titled debut album in 1992. 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 the Fall 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. Since 2000, he has portrayed NYPD Detective Odafin Tutuola on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.