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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.
Ice T
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Ice T
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 16
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I think all music - not just rap - has fallen into this very diluted, delusional state, where everyone's singing about money and having cars, and having all this fun when really, people are losing their homes.
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I've never been a cop hater. You know, when I was breaking the law, the cops were the opponent. I just thought I could outsmart them.
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The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny.
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Rapping is a vocal delivery, so you can do it without being part of hip-hop and not knowing what hip-hop is about.
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I write rhymes with addition and algebra, mental geometry.
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I'd say people are victims of circumstances and they're limited to the opportunities that they see. Even though there might be more opportunities, you might not see them. You might just think, I don't have any options. You usually go to the dark side, in that situation.
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The best way to listen to the album is to put it on, get some Moet, lay back with your boys, and kick it.
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It's like a paradox. For one side, being popularized rap got better and the other side of it got worse. It's very pop and it's very different now. When you make it as pop and as soft as it is, it lacks its integrity. It lacks its accountability. It lacks a lot of other things that came from that dangerous time in hip hop.
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If one person comes in and says, this is the way life should be, I think you're asking for chaos. I think you gotta let different people live different ways. It's a big world.
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Hip-hop is a competition culture. It's based around, My DJ is better than you. My graffiti artist is better than you.
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You know, the radio never wanted you to speak about anything, so the music is kinda influenced by the hands of the radio which wants to homogenize it and dilute it and sanitize it. And for the most part, nobody's takin' the time to seek out the cats that are still tryin' to talk, so they have a difficult time being heard.
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I like crime movies where the crime is so incredible that, attractive as it seems, you don't wanna do it because it's just too dangerous.
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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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The best way to compliment an emcee is to say his lyrics. That's how you say, Hello.
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I think everybody wants to redeem themselves after they've done something that might be considered negative. I don't think anyone wants to go to the grave negative.
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I was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in Summit, an upscale town in north Jersey. There was this tiny area of Summit where most of the black families lived. My parents and I lived in a duplex house on Williams Street.
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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 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'll never sell 14 million like Hammer, I just wanna do a good Ice-T show.
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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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