- 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.
- His album "Rhyme Pays" (1987) was the first hip-hop album to carry an 'explicit lyrics' sticker.
- 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.
- 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.
- His wife, Coco Austin, a.k.a. Coco, is a swimsuit model.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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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