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The best way to compliment an emcee is to say his lyrics. That's how you say, Hello.

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Ice T
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 16
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Ultimately I am happy that everybody is embracing hip hop and the sounds from the streets.
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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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Ice-T in the music has done some outrageous things.
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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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As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you to take the role and make it real.
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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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You know, you'd hide behind a Public Enemy or Ice Cube, or Bruce Springsteen, or U2, because they spoke for you. But now everybody's bloggin'. I heard somebody say, Blogging is just graffiti with punctuation. Everyone's an authority so there's nobody in power, 'cause everyone thinks they're in power.
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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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A lot of people play single to work some angle. I'm always about keeping it real. If that's how I'm living, that's how I'm living.
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My father died early. My mother died early. I started hanging with the gangs. I'm on the streets I'm committing crimes. And the music came along, and this music just took me on a different road.
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Another thing about me dealing with the old school rappers, you see a lot of humility. When you're new, nothing is wrong. Everything is tight. Because you're trying to hype the world into believing in you.
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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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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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I was a pretty bad person early in my life.
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If it sells, it sells. If it doesn't sell, I'll go make a movie.
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I'm on the front line and I am a rapper.
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You can't just sing the song and live another life.
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I've got a phone, answer machine, TV set, computer, hand grenade - everything you need to run a business in Los Angeles.
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...As an artist, you need the naysayers and the nonbelievers to add fuel to your creative fire.
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If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting.
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