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{{Short description|American rapper and actor (born 1958)}}
{{About|the rapper|the train|ICE T|other uses|Icet (disambiguation){{!}}Icet}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Ice-T
| image = Body Count feat. Ice-T - 2019214172411 2019-08-02 Wacken - 2311 - AK8I3133 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Ice-T in 2019
| birth_name = Tracy Lauren Marrow
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|02|16}}
| birth_place = [[Newark, New Jersey]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| education = [[Crenshaw High School]]
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Rapper
* actor
* songwriter
* producer
* author
}}
| years_active = 1982–present<!--Do Not Change! Ice-T released his first ever rap single that year-->
| spouse = {{Marriage|[[Coco Austin]]|2002}}
| partner = Darlene Ortiz (1984–2001)<ref>{{cite web|author=[[WQHT]]|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=XeSIiYI6JwI&t=919s| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/XeSIiYI6JwI|archive-date=December 11, 2021|url-status=live|title=Darlene Ortiz Talks Relationship with Ice T, Her Book & Beef w/ LL Cool J|via=YouTube|date=November 19, 2015|access-date=November 19, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
| children = 3
| module = {{Infobox musical artist
 | embed = yes
 | origin = Los Angeles, California
 | genre = {{flatlist|
* [[West Coast hip hop]]
* [[gangsta rap]]
* [[political rap]]
* [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
* [[rap metal]]
}}
 | instrument = Vocals
 | label = {{flatlist|
* Saturn
* [[Sire Records|Sire]]
* [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
* [[Priority Records|Priority]]
* Rhyme Syndicate
* [[Sumerian Records|Sumerian]]
* [[Century Media]]
}}
 | current_member_of = [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]]
 | past_member_of = [[Uncle Jamm's Army]]
 | website = {{URL|icet.com}}
}}
}}

'''Tracy Lauren Marrow'''<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Stephen|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ice-t-mn0000072003/biography|title=Ice-T|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=March 31, 2012|archive-date=April 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430204611/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ice-t-mn0000072003/biography|url-status=live}}</ref> (born February 16, 1958), known professionally as '''Ice-T''' (or '''Ice T'''), is an American rapper and actor. He is active in both [[hip hop music|hip hop]] and [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]. Ice-T began his career as an underground rapper in the 1980s and was signed to [[Sire Records]] in 1987, when he released his debut album ''[[Rhyme Pays]]''. The following year, he founded the record label {{proper name|Rhyme $yndicate}} Records (named after his collective of fellow hip-hop artists called the "{{proper name|Rhyme $yndicate}}") and released another album, ''[[Power (Ice-T album)|Power]]'' (1988), which is Ice-T's only album to be certified [[Music recording certification|platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]].<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Ice-T&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=Album&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section|title=Gold & Platinum - RIAA|publisher=riaa.com|access-date=May 28, 2025}}</ref> His next three albums, ''[[The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say!]]'' (1989), ''[[O.G. Original Gangster]]'' (1991) and ''[[Home Invasion (album)|Home Invasion]]'' (1993), were also critically acclaimed and commercially successful, and were all certified gold in the US.<ref name="RIAA" />

Ice-T co-founded the heavy metal band [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]] in 1990, which he introduced on ''O.G. Original Gangster'', on the track titled "Body Count". The band released its [[Body Count (album)|self-titled debut album]] in 1992. Ice-T encountered controversy over his track "[[Cop Killer (song)|Cop Killer]]", the lyrics of which discussed killing police officers. He asked to be released from his contract with [[Warner Records|Warner Bros. Records]], and his follow-up solo album, ''Home Invasion'', was released through [[Priority Records]]. Ice-T released two more albums in the late 1990s and [[Gangsta Rap (album)|one in the 2000s]] before focusing on both his acting career and Body Count, who have released eight studio albums to date, the latest being 2024's ''[[Merciless (Body Count album)|Merciless]]''.

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). He received top billing for his role in ''[[Surviving the Game]]'' (1994) and continued to appear in small roles in TV series and other films throughout the 1990s. Since 2000, he has portrayed [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] detective/sergeant [[Fin Tutuola|Odafin Tutuola]] on the [[NBC]] police drama ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'', making him the longest-running male series actor in history, according to [[Deadline Hollywood|''Deadline'']].<ref> 
 NOTE: There are soap opera actors who have had longer runs than this. {{Cite web |last=Coker |first=Cheo Hodari |date=August 11, 2023 |title=Hip-Hop At 50: Cheo Hodari Coker On Icons, Evolution & The Spirit That Remains – Guest Column |url=https://deadline.com/2023/08/hip-hop-50-anniversary-notorious-big-cheo-hodari-coker-guest-column-1235459962/ |access-date=August 21, 2023 |website=Deadline |archive-date=August 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821183802/https://deadline.com/2023/08/hip-hop-50-anniversary-notorious-big-cheo-hodari-coker-guest-column-1235459962/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A reality television show titled ''[[Ice Loves Coco]]'' ran for three seasons (2011–2013) on [[E!]], featuring the home life of Ice-T and his wife [[Coco Austin]]. In 2018, he began hosting the true crime documentary ''In Ice Cold Blood'' on the [[Oxygen (TV network)|Oxygen]] cable channel, which ran for three seasons.