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Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls.
Ice T
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Ice T
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 16
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I think when people say 'real hip-hop,' they want it more buried in the streets. They want it more connected to the streets and the grime and the roughness of the streets. They don't want the fluff.
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It's not about being mad at everything. It's about being really mad at the right things.
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I was doing the wrong thing, at the time I thought I was doing the right thing. It's like if you're dealing with somebody who is high on drugs, they can look back at it and say, Wow, I was destroying myself. But during the period, they think they're doing the right thing. You just have to let the smoke clear so you can see the whole picture.
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When you hit the wall, it's how fast you come back.
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I'm a far cry from politically correct, because I don't really care what the political views are. I don't care what the people say. I'll say my opinion. That will always make you controversial.
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Anybody who speeds thinks they can outsmart the cops.
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The trick with hip-hop-hip-hop is a sport. The only music that's really, really close to a sport. It starts off, My DJ's better than yours. I can out-rap you, I can out-dance you, my graffiti piece is better than you. It's very competitive.
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Rap music came along and saved my life. I started to tell the stories of the streets and that was my way out.
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I'm pretty open book, I'm also the kind of person that will say, 'That's none of your business,' too.
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The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop.
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The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen.
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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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You know, I say in my lyrics, Every word I write will be analyzed by somebody white. It's just that I know that this sh*t is just not gonna fall on deaf ears.
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If you believe that I'm a cop killer, you believe David Bowie is an astronaut.
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Half the rhymes you write, you're saying that you're better than the other MC. That's how we keep the craft sharp.
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A good emcee will rhyme a lot of different ways. Don't limit yourself.
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I just don't believe that there's any way that you're ever gonna get one peace, because everybody has different ways of seeing life.
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Ultimately I am happy that everybody is embracing hip hop and the sounds from the streets.
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Hollywood has its own way of telling stories. I was just telling stories that I was familiar with. And it's what I want to do in the future: I want to take my audio cinema and put it on the screen.
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I've never been a cop hater. You know, when I was breaking the law, the cops were the opponent. I just thought I could outsmart them.
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