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I'm on the front line and I am a rapper.

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Ice T
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 16
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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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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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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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When you start to really travel and you get to these abstract like places in the world, you would see certain people's names. It seemed like we could go anywhere. Like when we went to Afghanistan, you'd see in the dressing room Run DMC's name. Certain rappers are like journey men.
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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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Real men hold themselves accountable for stuff.
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One of the things about powerful people is they have the ability to make it look easy.
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When the President (of the United States) mentions your name in anger, you know the sh*t has hit the fan!
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A good emcee will rhyme a lot of different ways. Don't limit yourself.
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I'm like a monkey. You don't let go of one branch until you get a hold of the other.
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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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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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If you believe that I'm a cop killer, you believe David Bowie is an astronaut.
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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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It really really sunk into me when I went to Europe and they take rap so much more serious than we do here. That was the first time I ever heard rap considered folk music. And sometimes somebody will make you understand like, Hey, what you doin' is serious, don't play it lightly 'cause it's changin' my life.
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Any New York group can come to L.A. and sell out every show, but an L.A. group who goes to New York might not do the same because the audience hasn't been introduced to the group.
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I didn't start off with the responsibility because I didn't think anybody would care. But as you do meet these people influenced by your music, then you start to understand you have a responsibility. I don't think you initially know it until you feel the power of what you're really doing.
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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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Ultimately I am happy that everybody is embracing hip hop and the sounds from the streets.
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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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