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- Rapper and actor Ice-T, one of the pioneers of the "gangsta rap" genre, now has a regular role as an undercover cop on the NBC crime drama Law and Order. Born Tracy Marrow, the rapper got his big acting break in the film New Jack City. He talks about his acting career and the film's 15th-anniversary release.
www.npr.org/2005/08/25/4815101/ice-t-looks-back-at-new-jack-city
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New Jack City is a 1991 American crime action film based on an original story and written by Thomas Lee Wright and Barry Michael Cooper, and directed by Mario Van Peebles in his feature film directorial debut. The film stars Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock, Judd Nelson, Bill Cobbs, Bill Nunn, and Van Peebles.
Aug 7, 2023 · Starring the West Coast gangster-rap pioneer as a New York detective going undercover against a drug lord played by Wesley Snipes — and directed by Mario Van Peebles, whose father, Melvin, helped...
- mikael.wood@latimes.com
- Pop Music Critic
Mar 8, 1991 · New Jack City: Directed by Mario Van Peebles. With Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock. A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Mario Van Peebles
- 1991-03-08
As an actor, Ice-T played small parts in the films Breakin' (1984) and its sequels, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo and Rappin' (1984 and 1985 respectively), before his major role debut, starring as police detective Scotty Appleton in New Jack City (1991).
Ice-T. Actor: New Jack City. The legendary gangsta hip-hop emcee Ice-T was born Tracy Marrow on February 16, 1958, in Newark, New Jersey. He moved to Los Angeles, California, to live with his paternal aunt after the death of his father while he was in the sixth grade; his mother had died earlier when he was in the third grade.
- February 16, 1958
Sep 11, 2020 · Parallel to his music career, Ice-T was also building his resume on the big screen, finding roles in movies such as New Jack City (1991), Ricochet (1991), Trespass (1992) and Johnny...
Ice-T. Actor: New Jack City. The legendary gangsta hip-hop emcee Ice-T was born Tracy Marrow on February 16, 1958, in Newark, New Jersey. He moved to Los Angeles, California, to live with his paternal aunt after the death of his father while he was in the sixth grade; his mother had died earlier when he was in the third grade.
