- Has played the same character (Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola) in four different series: Law & Order (1990), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), 30 Rock (2006) and Chicago P.D. (2014).
- While his cousin Earl Marrow was preparing to leave for college, Ice-T shared a bedroom with him. Earl was a huge fan of rock music and listened only to the local radio rock stations; sharing a with him sparked Ice-T's interest in heavy metal music.
- Chose his pseudonym in honor of author Iceberg Slim (pen name of Robert Maupin Beck, 1918-1992; a.k.a., Robert Beck), an ex-pimp turned author whose heavy-hitting novels detailed the hard life of the criminal underworld.
- Almost didn't accept the role of Scottie in the film New Jack City (1991) because he feared that in case the film was a flop, this would negatively affect his already hot hip-hop career. This turned out to be his breakthrough role and began him on his acting career.
- His feud with former LAPD chief Daryl Gates was widely reported by the American press.
- Phil Collins has often spoken of his astonishment and flattery at finding out that Ice-T owned his albums.
- He holds the distinction of being the only guest vocalist ever to appear on an album by Black Sabbath, doing a guest rhyme on the song "Illusion of Power" on the band's album "Forbidden" (1995).
- Was injured in an automobile accident when his Porsche 914 was broadsided by another vehicle (1986). The automobile accident later served as a turning point where Ice-T focused his skills on rapping and producing albums.
- Although he had a large feud with the LAPD as a result from his song "Cop Killer", he ironically plays a police officer in the popular series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).
- His song "Cop Killer", which was recorded with his heavy metal group, Body Count, was the subject of a national debate on the glorification of violence in the media. After the song was removed from Body Count's self-titled debut album, and after further controversy over the artwork for the then-forthcoming "Home Invasion" album, he was dropped by Sire/Warner Bros. Records, which had released the album. The split was amicable, even though Sire had assigned the catalog number 45119 to the album. Later pressings of the self-titled Body Count album were replaced by the Ice-T solo track, "Freedom of Speech (Just Watch What You Say)". "Home Invasion" was released, eventually, by Ice's now-defunct label, Rhyme $yndicate Records, through Priority/EMI, with the intended artwork intact.
- His longtime girlfriend was a Criplet--a female Crip gang member in Los Angeles, California.
- Hip-hop artist, well-known as the father of gangsta music, which spawned the careers of artists like NWA, Snoop Dogg and Geto Boys. Also the first hip-hop MC to perform the notorious C-Walk dance in front of cameras in the early 1980s.
- His album "Rhyme Pays" (1987) was the first hip-hop album to carry an 'explicit lyrics' sticker.
- Attended and graduated from Crenshaw High School in South Central Los Angeles.
- His longtime partner was Darlene Ortiz. They have one son together, Tracy Marrow Jr.
- Served as private first class in the United States Army Rangers (1977-1979).
- Ice-T is a longtime practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and boxing and is a huge fan of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
- His wife, Coco Austin, a.k.a. Coco, is a swimsuit model.
- The son of Alice and Solomon Marrow. He is of African-American and Creole (African, French) descent.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 17, 2023. Chuck D, Mariska Hargitay and Dick Wolf were guest speakers at the ceremony.
- He said a few lines on Chunky A's (Arsenio Hall) song "Dope, the Big Lie", from the album "Large and in Charge" (1989).
- Good friends with Chris Barnes and friends with Ice Cube.
- Born on the exact same date Lisa Loring (Wednesday Addams).
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