Ice-T
Los Angeles rapper who pioneered gangsta rap with raw street narratives in the mid-1980s, then sparked a national controversy with Cop Killer, and later reinvented himself as an actor on Law & Order: SVU.
Pantheon Standing
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The Cultural Record
Discography
Los Angeles rapper who pioneered gangsta rap with raw street narratives in the mid-1980s, then sparked a national controversy with Cop Killer, and later reinvented himself as an actor on Law & Order: SVU
Awards & Recognition
No Grammy data on record.
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Cop Killer controversy
Law & Order: SVU actor (2000–present)
Rank History
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