Ice-T American rapper and actor Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ice-T Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ice-T Also known as: Tracy Lauren Morrow Written by Frannie Comstock Frannie Comstock is a writer based in Chicago. Frannie Comstock, René Ostberg René Ostberg is an associate editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica. René Ostberg•All Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Sep 11, 2024 • Article History Table of Contents Ice-T rose to fame in the late 1980s and early ’90s as a gangsta rapper who developed a reputation for being fearless when it came to courting controversy. “Cop Killer” (1992), a song about police brutality that he recorded with his thrash metal band, Body Count, was one of the most notorious songs of the 1990s, sparking widespread boycotts of Ice-T’s music and prompting condemnation from then U.S. Pres. George H.W. Bush. In 2000 Ice-T joined the cast of NBC’s police-procedural television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– ), playing none other than a police officer, Detective Odafin ...(100 of 1741 words)

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