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Tuesday, 28 August 2012

Hip Hop Tuesday: Ice-T

Tracy Marrow (born February 16, 1958)
Stage Name: Ice-T
 

       The Great Ice-T, Godfather of Gangsta Music helped to change the sound from 80s to early 90s Hip Hop; he has influenced your favourite rappers. Happy Hip Hop Tuesday and please take a listen here: ColoursI'm your pusher99 problemsGotta lotta loveO.G. Original GangsterFreedom of speechThe syndicate  and  6 'N the Morning

 



Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice-T
Background information
Birth name Tracy Marrow
Also known as Ice-T, Ice, The Iceberg
Born February 16, 1958 (age 54)
Newark, New Jersey
Origin Crenshaw, Los Angeles, California
Genres Hip-Hop, Rap, Gangsta Rap, West Coast Rap, Heavy Metal
Occupations Musician, actor, CEO, record producer, screenwriter, author
Instruments Vocals, sampler, turntables
Years active 1982–present (rapping)
1984–present (acting)
Labels Sire/Warner Bros. Records
Rhyme Syndicate/Priority/EMI Records
Virgin/EMI Records
Atomic Pop Records
Associated acts Afrika Islam, Body Count, Beastie Boys, Low Profile, Quincy Jones, Eazy-E, 2Pac, Donald D, Six Feet Under (band), Evil E, Ice Cube, Smoothe da Hustler, Trigger tha Gambler
Website www.icet.com
Notable instruments
Roland TR-808, E-mu SP-1200

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