He\'s a hip-hop icon credited with single-handedly creating gangsta rap.
He has written frequently for The New York Times , among many other publications, and is a contributing editor at Tablet Magazine..
Douglas Century is the author of Barney Ross: The Life of a Jewish Fighter and Street Kingdom: Five Years Inside the Franklin Avenue Posse , and is the co-author of the New York Times bestsellers Takedown and Under and Alone .
He released a string of groundbreaking West Coast rap records and formed the thrash-metal band Body Count, whose 1991 self-titled debut contained the controversial single "Cop Killer." He currently stars as Detective Fin Tutuola on Law & Order: SVU .
As an only child whose parents died when he was very young, Ice-T became involved in Los Angeles gangs before spending four years in the army.
About the Author: Tracy Marrow a/k/a Ice-T was born in New Jersey.
With insights into the cutthroat world of the street--and the cutthroat world of Hollywood-- Ice is the unforgettable story of a true American original.
And he offers up candid observations on marriage and monogamy, the current state of hip-hop, and his latest passion: mentoring at-risk youths around the country.
Along the way, Ice shares never-before-told stories about friends such as Tupac, Dick Wolf, Chris Rock, and Flavor Flav, among others.
Army, his successful career as a hustler and thief, and his fateful decision to turn away from a Life of crime and forge his own path to international stardom.
About his orphan upbringing on the gang-infested streets of South Central, his four-year stint in the U.
S.
Ice is Ice-T in his own words--raw, uncensored, and unafraid to speak his mind.
But where the hype and the headlines end, the real story of Ice-T--the one few of his millions of fans have ever heard--truly begins.
Television viewers know him as Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola on the top-rated drama Law & Order: SVU .
He\'s a hip-hop icon credited with single-handedly creating gangsta rap
