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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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Ice T
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 16
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Musician
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Rapper
Television Actor
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Newark
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Tracy Lauren Marrow
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