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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.
Ice T
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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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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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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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Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls.
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I don't watch daytime television, I have a job, I work and, you know, I think daytime television is really for women.
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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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