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A good emcee will rhyme a lot of different ways. Don't limit yourself.

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Ice T
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 16
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If it sells, it sells. If it doesn't sell, I'll go make a movie.
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There is no such thing as a normal family so don't trip off it, just deal with it.
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I'm very much against the anonymity of bloggers and social media. I just hate it and I think it's really cowardly.
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When I make records I have full control of everything and I know how it sounds before it comes out, with films it's outta my hands.
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I was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in Summit, an upscale town in north Jersey. There was this tiny area of Summit where most of the black families lived. My parents and I lived in a duplex house on Williams Street.
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Anybody who speeds thinks they can outsmart the cops.
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With the invention of the blog and all this Internet stuff, everybody has an opinion everybody has a voice. In fact, there was a time when the average person didn't have a voice so you had to pick an artist to speak for you.
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Hip-hop is a competition culture. It's based around, My DJ is better than you. My graffiti artist is better than you.
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When I recorded my first album, my ego didn't let me believe that what I was gonna say on the mic, anyone would really care about. But then when I found out that they did, I started to take it more seriously.
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With acting, you have to take it seriously because the other actors are putting in a lot of effort - and if you say, 'I'm just bullshitting here', it's like dissing 'em.
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I look at my career and I feel I have the potential to maybe mature into a Samuel Jackson-type older cat, and people will still respect me and say 'Yo, Ice-T was wild', into my old age. And why not? I don't necessarily think I'll be rapping in 10 years.
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When I got a chance to rap, I just busted my ass. When I got a chance to act, I busted my ass. Anytime I get a chance. I'm not wasting time. I won't do it if I'm not doing it 110 percent. You've got to work hard if you want to play hard. I like to play, but I know I gotta bust my ass.
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The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny.
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I mean rappin' to me is easy, it's something you can do over a week.
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If I'm going to be a jazz player, I need to understand Miles Davis.
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I didn't really realize how big I was 'til I started to tour, because being in your own neighborhood, people don't actually give you full props.
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I'm on the front line and I am a rapper.
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I'm a big fan of all styles, even Biggie and Wu-Tang, but I gotta do my thing.
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I think all music - not just rap - has fallen into this very diluted, delusional state, where everyone's singing about money and having cars, and having all this fun when really, people are losing their homes.
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I'm at a point where I don't have to wait for the income from the record to survive, so I'm in a comfortable zone, but I'll make rap records as long as I feel I have something to rap about.
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