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I don't rhyme for the sake of riddlin'. If I say it, I gotta be able to back it up.
Ice T
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Ice T
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 16
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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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Rap is rock 'n' roll. Rock is when you push the buttons in the system when you say, I'm not going along with what you're saying. That's rock, whether it's done with guitars, or it's done with just beats.
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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 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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I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult.
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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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If I'm going to be a jazz player, I need to understand Miles Davis.
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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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If you believe that I'm a cop killer, you believe David Bowie is an astronaut.
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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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You have to come in on a professional level to make it, otherwise you just can't get into rap.
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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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Ultimately I am happy that everybody is embracing hip hop and the sounds from the streets.
Ice T
People think I'll kill you if you make a joke. I compare it to Clint Eastwood. I've only seen Clint Eastwood in movies. You think if you make a joke to Eastwood, he might shoot you.
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Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.
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So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.
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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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Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place.
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Well, I am very happy that I was able to play a part in bringing music from the streets onto the radio and into modern culture, I worked very hard and always believed in the sounds I was creating.
Ice T
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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