Ice-T

He has a son Ice Tracy Marrow with Darlene Ortiz. .

In 2001, he married swimsuit model Niccole “Coco” Marie Austin and live in New Jersey. .

Ice-T was born Tracy Marrow on February 16, 1958, to Solomon, an African-American who worked as a conveyor belt mechanic at the Rapistan Conveyor Companyand Alice Marrow, a Creole, in Newark, New Jersey.

He had encounter with racism as a child, but escaped it because of his lighter skin inherited from his Creole mother. By the time he was twelve, he lost both his parents.

He went to live with his aunt’s family in View Park-Windsor Hills, near Los Angeles. Sharing a room with his cousin Earl, an avid rock fan, he too became interested in heavy metal music.

After passing out of Palms Junior High, he attended Crenshaw High School.

At the time when he was in high school, gangs started to intensify in the Los Angeles school system and students belonging to the 'Bloods' and 'Crips' gangs attended Crenshaw, and fought in the school. Though he was never a member of ‘Bloods’ and ‘Crips’ gang, he read ghetto writer, Iceberg Slim’s novels and recited stories to his friends.

In1979, he joined the U.S Army as the money he got from selling cannabis and stolen car stereos was not enough to support his girlfriend and daughter. He served in the Army for 4 years.

1983, he returned to South Central with the intention of becoming a hip-hop musician but his life got caught up in street crime as a jewel thief and pimp.

By 1983, he had adopted the name Ice-T in honor of Iceberg Slim and recorded a rap called, The Coldest Rap, over a funky Jimmy Jam-Terry Lewis backing track on the independent label Saturn

In 1985, he was wounded in a car accident and was hospitalized. Very eager to pursue a professional rapping career, he won an open mic competition judged by Kurtis Blow.

After honing his craft by creating music for videos and releasing recordings, he signed with Sire Records in 1987 and released ‘Rhyme Pays’, his debut album, which eventually went gold.

His 1991 album, ‘O.G. Original Gangster’ defined gangster rap, mixing social commentary with inflammatory lyrics, and haspushed musical boundaries by recording a heavy metal track with the band Body Count.

His 1993 album, Home Invasion, peaked at No.9 on Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and at No.14 on the Billboard 200and included singles such as, Gotta Lotta Love, and 99 Problems.