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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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Ice T
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 16
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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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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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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 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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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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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 mean rappin' to me is easy, it's something you can do over a week.
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I've always been a person that, if I'm with a woman, she's in the picture. Even my son's mom, she was on my early (album) covers.
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I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult.
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You have to come in on a professional level to make it, otherwise you just can't get into rap.
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Real men hold themselves accountable for stuff.
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