Ice T The Rapper, Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Wife, On Law And Order, and Net Worth

Ice T Bio | Wiki

Ice-T ( Real Name: Tracy Lauren Marrow) is a preeminent American producer, actor, songwriter, and rapper. He started his career back in the 1980s as an underground rapper. In 1987, Ice was signed to Sire Records when he released his debut album, Rhyme Pays. He founded the record label Rhyme $yndicate Records the following year. Furthermore, Ice also released several other albums that went gold.

He co-founded Body Count, the heavy metal band which he introduced on O.G. Original Gangster, his 1991 rap album on the track titled “Body Count”. Ice also encountered controversy over his track Cop Killer. The lyrics to this song discussed killing police officers. In 1994, Born Dead, Body Count’s next album was released. He also released two more albums in the late 1990s.

Ice played small parts as an actor during the 1980s in the films Breakin’ and its sequels, Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo and Rappin. He then had his major role premiere in New Jack City (1991) as police detective Scotty Appleton. Moreover, Ice received top billing for his role in Surviving the Game (1994) and carried on appearing in small roles in television series and other films throughout the 1990s. He has portrayed NYPD Detective/Sergeant Odafin Tutuola since 2000 on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Ice T Age

He was born on February 16, 1958, in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Ice is 64 years old.

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Ice T Height

He is a man of average stature. Ice stands at a height of 5 ft 11 in (Approx 1.80m).

Ice T Family | Young | Real Name

He was born Tracy Lauren Marrow to Solomon and Alice Marrow in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Solomon worked as a conveyor belt mechanic for decades at the Rapistan Conveyor Company. Furthermore, he was African-American. Ice’s family moved to upscale Summit, New Jersey when he was a child. However, Alice died of a heart attack when he was in third grade.

His father brought him up as a single father for four years, with assistance from a housekeeper. Additionally, Solomon also died of a heart attack when he was thirteen years old. Ice briefly lived with a nearby aunt following his father’s death. He was then sent to live with his other aunt and her husband in an upper-middle-class Black neighborhood in South Los Angeles called View Park-Windsor Hills.

Ice T Wife | Coco | Wife Coco

He is a married man. Ice is blissfully hitched to his appealing wife named Nicole Natalie “Coco” Marrow. She is a 43-year-old American television personality and actress born on March 17, 1979, in Tarzana, California, United States. As a couple, they exchanged their wedding vows in January 2002. He and Coco renewed their wedding vow on June 4, 2011, in celebration of their impending ninth wedding anniversary.

Previously, Ice met his second girlfriend Darlene Ortiz while filming Breakin’ in 1984. She was at the club where the film was shot. The two started a relationship and Ortiz was featured on the covers of Power and Rhyme Pays. The two had a son on November 23, 1991, named Ice Tracy Marrow Jr. Earlier, his high school girlfriend Adrienne gave birth to their daughter LeTesha Marrow on March 20, 1976. They continued attending high school while raising her.

Ice T Daughter

He is a proud father of three children, two daughters named Chanel Nicole Marrow, and Letesha Marrow, and one son called Ice Tracy Marrow Jr. Chanel was born in 2015 to Coco, her mother. Letesha was born on March 20, 1976, to Adrienne, her mother. On the other hand, Tracy was born on November 23, 1991, to Darlene.

Ice T Education

He went to Palms Junior High which was mainly made up of white students. Additionally, the school also included black students who traveled by bus from South Central to attend. Ice then enrolled at Crenshaw High School.

Ice T The Rapper | Movies

He wanted to stay away from gang life and violence after leaving the Army and instead make a name for himself as a DJ. He adopted the stage name Ice-T as a tribute to Iceberg Slim and received more attention for his rapping while performing as a DJ at parties. Ice announced via Twitter in November 2011 that he was in the process of collecting beats for his next LP which was expected sometime during 2012.

However, as of October 2014, the album has not been released. He also performed at New Year’s Eve Toast & Roast 2021, Fox broadcast. He did a duet with Slayer on the track “Disorder” for the film Judgment Night. Other films Ice has appeared on include Equal Standard (2020), UglyDolls (2019), Bloodrunners (2017), How We Met (2016), and The Ghetto (2015).

Ice T On Law And Order

He portrays Detective/Sergeant Odafin “Fin” Tutuola from 2000 in the American crime drama television series titled Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. On September 20, 1999, the series debuted. Furthermore, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit stars an ensemble cast including Molly Burnett, Octavio Pisano, Demore Barnes, Jamie Gray Hyder, Philip Winchester, Peter Scanavino, Raúl Esparza, Kelli Giddish, Danny Pino, Michaela McManus, Adam Beach, Tamara Tunie, Diane Neal, BD Wong, Stephanie March, Michelle Hurd, Dann Florek, Richard Belzer, Mariska Hargitay, and Christopher Meloni. Moreover, he reprised his role in Law & Order (2005) with Jeremy Sisto, Angie Harmon, and Chris Noth also starring.

Ice T Colors

He recorded the title theme song for the 1988 American police procedural action crime film titled Colors. Furthermore, the film stars an ensemble cast including María Conchita Alonso, Robert Duvall, and Sean Penn. Moreover, Colors takes place in the gang-ridden neighborhoods of East Los Angeles, Westlake, Echo Park, late-1980s South Central Los Angeles, and Los Angeles.

Ice T Cop Killer

He encountered controversy over his track “Cop Killer”. It was composed by Ernie C. Ice did the lyrics for the American heavy metal band Body Count. Both he and Ernie were members. Furthermore, Cop Killer was on Body Count’s 1992 self-titled debut album. Moreover, it was written two years earlier. However, the lyrics talked about murdering police officers.

Ice T Movies And TV Shows

Filmography

Film

  • Breakin’ (1984) as Rap Talker
  • Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (1985) as Radiotron Rapper
  • Rappin’ (1985) as Himself
  • New Jack City (1991) as Scotty Appleton
  • Ricochet (1991) as Odessa
  • Why Colors? (1002) as Himself
  • Equal Standard (2020) as Croft
  • Public Enemy Number One (2019) as Executive Producer/Himself
  • UglyDolls (2019) as the voice of Peggy
  • Bloodrunners (2017) as Chesterfield
  • How We Met (2016) as Narrator
  • The Ghetto (2015) as Victor

Television

  • Fame (1983) as One of the “Enforcers’
  • The Merv Griffin Show (1985) as Himself
  • Yo! MTV Raps (1989) as Himself
  • New York Undercover (1995) as Danny Up/Danny Cort
  • Baadasss TV (1995) as Co-host
  • Junkyard Dogs (2023) as the voice of Pongo
  • Bubble Guppies (2021) as the voice of Garbage Khan
  • The Masked Dancer (2020) as Himself / Disco Ball
  • Celebrity Ghost Stories (2020) as Himself

Ice T Net Worth

Having been working as a rapper, songwriter, actor, and producer for a total of more than four decades now, he has managed to garner good affluence in his career thus far. Online resources estimate Ice’s net worth to be $36,663,336.

How Old Is Ice T

He is a 64-year-old born on February 16, 1958, in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Thus, Ice relishes and commemorates his birthday on February 16 each and every year.

Who Is Ice T

He is a 64-year-old preeminent American producer, actor, songwriter, and rapper who started his career in the 1980s as an underground rapper. In 1987, Ice was signed to Sire Records when he released his debut album, Rhyme Pays.

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