Editing Ice-T (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Ice-T and Coco at the Tribeca Film Festival.jpg|thumb|Ice-T with his wife Coco Austin]]

On March 20, 1976, Marrow's high school girlfriend Adrienne gave birth to their daughter LeTesha Marrow, and they continued attending high school while raising her.{{sfn|Marrow|Century|2011|pages=30–43}} While filming ''[[Breakin']]'' in 1984, he met his second girlfriend Darlene Ortiz, who was at the club where the film was shot. They began a relationship and Ortiz was featured on the covers of ''[[Rhyme Pays]]'' and ''[[Power (Ice-T album)|Power]]''.{{sfn|Marrow|Century|2011|pages=89–112}} Ice-T and Ortiz had a son, Ice Tracy Marrow Jr., on November 23, 1991;{{sfn|Marrow|Century|2011|pages=89–112}} Ice Marrow, aka "Little Ice", became a backing vocalist with Body Count in time for the recording of their album ''[[Carnivore (Body Count album)|Carnivore]].''

Ice-T married swimsuit model [[Coco Austin|Nicole "Coco" Austin]]<ref name="icet" /> in January 2002.<ref name="CocoOfficialBio">{{cite web|url=http://www.cocosworld.com/new/bio/|title=Nicole Austin|work=Coco's World|access-date=October 12, 2014|quote=[...] born in Tarzana, California and brought up in Palos Verdes, California. [...] In 2001, Coco was introduced to actor/rapper Ice T [...] the couple dated a few months and then was married.|archive-date=August 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820074730/http://www.cocosworld.com/new/bio/|url-status=live|date=May 30, 2011}} NOTE: Archived version specifies: "the couple dated a few months and then was married in January 2002."</ref> In celebration of their impending ninth wedding anniversary, the couple renewed their wedding vows on June 4, 2011.<ref name="mtv" /> As of 2006, they owned a penthouse apartment in [[North Bergen, New Jersey]].<ref name="MSNBC">{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/ice-t-turns-cop-killing-talk-posing-nude-wbna15500221|title=Ice-T turns from cop-killing talk to posing nude|agency=[[Reuters]]|work=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]]|publisher=[[NBC News]]|location=New York City|date=November 3, 2006|access-date=December 2, 2006|archive-date=December 2, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061202235403/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15500221/}}</ref> In 2012, they were building a five-bedroom house in [[Edgewater, New Jersey]], that was expected to be completed by the end of the year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2012/dirt/real-estalker/ice-t-and-coco-to-make-a-move-in-new-jersey-1201234493/|title=Ice-T and Coco To Make a Move in New Jersey|first=Mark|last=David|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|location=Los Angeles|date=October 30, 2012|access-date=February 21, 2017|archive-date=January 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119060758/http://variety.com/2012/dirt/real-estalker/ice-t-and-coco-to-make-a-move-in-new-jersey-1201234493/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, the couple had their first child together, a daughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/-qAecbBQzu/|title=Thanks so much for all the warm wishes today....|work=[[Instagram]]|publisher=Facebook|location=United States|date=November 28, 2015|quote=I pushed Chanel out in 3 tries! This was taken not 5 minutes after delivery.|archive-date=January 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160115235323/https://www.instagram.com/p/-qAecbBQzu/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/coco-austin-and-ice-t-share-first-photo-with-baby-chanel-w158579|title=Coco Austin and Ice-T Share First Photo With Baby Chanel Minutes After Her Birth: See It!|first=Will|last=Mendelson|magazine=[[Us Weekly]]|location=New York City|issn=1529-7497|date=November 29, 2015|access-date=November 29, 2015|archive-date=December 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202050815/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/coco-austin-and-ice-t-share-first-photo-with-baby-chanel-w158579|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ice-T has stated on numerous occasions that he is a [[Teetotalism|teetotaler]], and lives a [[straight edge]] lifestyle.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ice Fact: I have zero tattoos. Have never smoked weed or cigarettes. And don't drink alcohol…. Now THATS Gangsta… |website=Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/finallevel/status/617351594166890497 |access-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-date=March 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314064312/https://twitter.com/finallevel/status/617351594166890497 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=I don't smoke or drink... Never have. |website=Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/finallevel/status/1353423190756904960 |access-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-date=May 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511075638/https://twitter.com/finallevel/status/1353423190756904960 |url-status=live }}</ref> He is a long time practitioner of Brazilian [[Jujutsu|Jiu-Jitsu]] and [[boxing]], and is a big fan of the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1129415-50-celebrities-who-train-a-form-of-mixed-martial-arts|title = 50 Celebrities Who Train a Form of Martial Arts|website = [[Bleacher Report]]|access-date = May 11, 2024|archive-date = September 27, 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230927072826/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1129415-50-celebrities-who-train-a-form-of-mixed-martial-arts|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.attacktheback.com/the-ultimate-list-of-celebrity-bjj-practicioners/|title = The ultimate list of celebrity BJJ {{as written|practi|cioners [sic]}} - Updated September 2016|date = September 12, 2016|access-date = May 11, 2024|archive-date = May 11, 2024|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240511075736/https://www.attacktheback.com/the-ultimate-list-of-celebrity-bjj-practicioners/|url-status = live}}</ref>

===Activism===
During the popularity of [[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]], Ice-T was closely associated with the band and his recordings of the time showed a similar political viewpoint. He was referred to as "The Soldier of the Highest Degree" in the booklet for ''[[Fear of a Black Planet]]'' and mentioned on the track "Reggie Jax". Ice-T's track ''This One's For Me'' included a defense of Professor Griff after the [[Public Enemy#Accusations of antisemitism|antisemitism controversy]] and attacked other rappers for not speaking out in his defense. At the Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony for Ice-T, Chuck D appeared on stage alongside his longtime friend.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-02-17/ice-t-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star-ceremony-mariska-hargitay-chuck-d|title=Rapper Ice-T feels the love at Hollywood Walk of Fame: 'You are indeed the real O.G.'|first=Christie|last=D'Zurilla|access-date=June 2, 2024|date=February 17, 2023|newspaper=LA Times}}</ref>

Ice-T also collaborated with fellow vocalist and anti-censorship campaigner [[Jello Biafra]] on his album ''[[The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say!]]''. He and Biafra appeared on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' in 1990 to debate [[Tipper Gore]] on censorship in music. After the controversy of the Body Count song ''Cop Killer'', Ice-T became an icon for free-speech campaigners, which led to a doubling in album sales.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o2kVAQAAIAAJ&q=ice-t+free+speech|page=91|title=An American Paradox Censorship in a Nation of Free Speech|last=Garry|first=Patrick|date=1993|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|isbn=9780275945220|access-date=May 11, 2024|archive-date=May 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511075907/https://books.google.com/books?id=o2kVAQAAIAAJ&q=ice-t+free+speech|url-status=live}}</ref> The song was condemned by both [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[Dan Quayle]] during the [[1992 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Writing Across the Curriculum: A Prentice Hall Pocket|date=2006|last=Brown|first=Stephen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mBEg3ZTYzOAC&q=ice-t+free+speech+icon|isbn=9780131565814|page=76|publisher=Pearson Education, Limited|access-date=May 11, 2024|archive-date=May 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511075911/https://books.google.com/books?id=mBEg3ZTYzOAC&q=ice-t+free+speech+icon|url-status=live}}</ref> When he decided to withdraw the song from his album, he replaced it with a metal version of his rap ''Freedom of Speech''. A 2004 ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'' article wrote, "He's toured universities lecturing on first amendment rights and civil liberties and is vocal about the billions wasted on the Iraq war. He insists, however, he'd never get involved in politics."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=February 2, 2024|title='Me get into politics? Nah, I've left crime behind'|last=Collins|first=Hattie|date=May 28, 2004|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/may/28/3|archive-date=May 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511075738/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/may/28/3|url-status=live}}</ref>

The last track of ''[[OG Original Gangster]]'' condemned both the [[Gulf War]] and [[mass incarceration]]. In 2017, Ice-T signed a petition to Congress for criminal-justice reform.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-t-has-had-it-with-americas-overcrowded-prisons|publisher=Daily Beast|access-date=March 8, 2024|date=April 13, 2017|title=Ice-T Has Had It With America's Overcrowded Prisons|first=Asawin|last=Suebsaeng|archive-date=March 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308221603/https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-t-has-had-it-with-americas-overcrowded-prisons|url-status=live}}</ref>

His 1994 book, ''The Ice Opinion'', was largely focused on his view on politics. Writing in the aftermath of the [[1992 Los Angeles riots]], he was one of the only rappers who criticized the targeting of Koreans by some Black rioters.<ref>{{cite book|page=384|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ckjeHrqbW8C|title=Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation|date=May 31, 2011|last=Chang|first=Jeff|isbn=9781446460108|publisher=Ebury Publishing|access-date=May 11, 2024|archive-date=May 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511080203/https://books.google.com/books?id=6ckjeHrqbW8C|url-status=live}}</ref>

On June 5, 2008, Ice-T joked that he would be voting for [[John McCain]] in the [[2008 United States elections|2008 American elections]], speculating that his past affiliation with Body Count could hurt [[Barack Obama]]'s chances if he endorsed him, so he would choose instead to ruin McCain's campaign by saying he supported him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2008/06/05/ice-t-add-mccain-to-my-body-count/|title=Ice T – Add McCain to My Body Count|work=[[TMZ]]|location=Los Angeles|date=June 5, 2008|access-date=April 18, 2014|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203052832/http://www.tmz.com/2008/06/05/ice-t-add-mccain-to-my-body-count/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.theinsider.com/news/944138_ice_t_backs_up_john_mccain|title=Ice-T backs up McCain|magazine=[[The Insider (TV series)|The Insider]]|publisher=[[CBS Television Distribution]]|location=United States|date=January 28, 2010|access-date=January 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128213313/http://www.theinsider.com/news/944138_ice_t_backs_up_john_mccain|archive-date=January 28, 2010 }}</ref> In 2015, Ice-T said that he admired Obama "just for the simple fact he took the shot and went all the way to be president" and included Obama in the list of people who he would like to have for a dream dinner party.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/07/q-and-a-ice-t|title=Ice-T: 'What's my favourite smell? Money'|last=Greenstreet|first=Rosanna|date=November 7, 2015|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=May 11, 2024|archive-date=May 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511080318/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/07/q-and-a-ice-t|url-status=live}}</ref>

On September 22, 2022, Ice-T narrated an advertisement for the [[Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ice-T featured in new free speech ad to air nationally during 'Law & Order: SVU' season premiere: 'We all have the right to express ourselves' |url=https://www.thefire.org/news/ice-t-featured-new-free-speech-ad-air-nationally-during-law-order-svu-season-premiere-we-all |website=Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression |date=September 22, 2022 |access-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-date=February 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219033701/https://www.thefire.org/news/ice-t-featured-new-free-speech-ad-air-nationally-during-law-order-svu-season-premiere-we-all |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Personal disputes===
====LL Cool J====
Ice-T had a feud with [[LL Cool J]] in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Apparently, this was instigated by LL's claim to be "the baddest rapper in the history of rap itself".<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=February 12, 2023 |title=Ice-T Opens Up About Ending LL COOL J Feud: 'It Was Just Rap Beef' |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/ice-t-ending-ll-cool-j-feud |access-date=June 12, 2024 |website=HipHopDX |language=en}}</ref> Ice-T recorded disses against LL on his 1988 album ''Power''. On the album was the track, "[[I'm Your Pusher (Ice-T song)|I'm Your Pusher]]", in which a rap music addict declines to buy an LL Cool J record. In the book ''[[Check the Technique|Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies]]'', Ice-T said that the song "Girls L.G.B.N.A.F." was also intended as a diss to LL Cool J, by making a crude song to contrast with the love songs that LL was making at the time.{{sfn|Coleman|2007|page=247}}

On LL's response, "[[To da Break of Dawn]]" in 1990, he dissed [[Kool Moe Dee]] (whose feud with LL was far more publicized) as well as [[MC Hammer]]. He then devoted the third verse of the song to dissing Ice-T, mocking his rap ability ("take your rhymes around the corner to rap rehab"), his background ("before you rapped, you was a downtown car thief"), and his style ("a brother with a perm deserves to get burned"). He also suggested that the success of ''Power'' was due to the appearance of Ice-T's girlfriend Darlene on the album cover. Ice-T appeared to have ignored the insults and he had also defended LL Cool J after his arrest in the song "Freedom of Speech".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lyricsfreak.com/l/ll+cool+j/to+da+break+of+dawn_20084664.html|title=To Da Break Of Dawn Lyrics – LL Cool J|last1=LL Cool J|author-link=LL Cool J|work=Lyricsfreak|publisher=LyricFind Inc.|location=[[Toronto]]|access-date=April 18, 2014|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203045617/http://www.lyricsfreak.com/l/ll+cool+j/to+da+break+of+dawn_20084664.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2012, Ice-T said that the rivalry was "never serious" and that he needed a nemesis to create "an exciting dispute".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphoprx.com/2012/08/20/ice-t-speaks-on-hip-hop-beef-with-ll-cool-j/|title=Ice-T Speaks On Hip Hop Beef With LL Cool J|work=Hiphoprx|publisher=Glam Entertainment|location=[[Barcelona]]|date=July 11, 2012|access-date=April 18, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203033744/http://www.hiphoprx.com/2012/08/20/ice-t-speaks-on-hip-hop-beef-with-ll-cool-j/|archive-date=December 3, 2013}}</ref>

====Soulja Boy ====
In June 2008, on DJ Cisco's ''Urban Legend'' mixtape, Ice-T criticized [[Soulja Boy]] (whose name is DeAndre Way) for "killing hip hop" and called his song "[[Crank That (Soulja Boy)|Crank That]]" "garbage" compared to the works of other hip-hop artists such as [[Rakim]], [[Das EFX]], [[Big Daddy Kane]] and [[Ice Cube]]. One of the comments exchanged was Ice-T telling Way to "eat a dick".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.7135/title.ice-t-tells-soulja-boy-to-eat-a-dick|title=Ice-T Tells Soulja Boy To Eat A Dick|first=Andreas|last=Hale|work=[[HipHopDX]]|publisher=Cheri Media Group|location=Los Angeles|date=June 17, 2008|access-date=July 27, 2010|archive-date=July 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727192208/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.7135/title.ice-t-tells-soulja-boy-to-eat-a-dick|url-status=live}}</ref> The two then traded numerous videos back and forth over the Internet. These videos included a cartoon and video of Ice-T dancing on Way's behalf and an apology, but reiteration of his feelings that Way's music "sucks", on Ice-T's behalf.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1589961/20080625/soulja_boy_tellem.jhtml|title=Soulja Boy Tell'em Talks About New Album, Battle With Ice-T|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|work=[[MTV]]|publisher=[[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]]|location=New York City|date=June 25, 2008|access-date=April 18, 2014|archive-date=April 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427142430/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1589961/20080625/soulja_boy_tellem.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> Musician [[Kanye West]] defended Way saying, "He came from the 'hood, made his own beats, made up a new saying, new sound and a new dance with one song".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/06/23/ice-t-vs-soulja-boy-tellem-video-blog-beef-heats-up-kanye-weighs-in|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715074538/http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/06/23/ice-t-vs-soulja-boy-tellem-video-blog-beef-heats-up-kanye-weighs-in|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2012|title=Ice-T vs. Soulja Boy Tell'em Video Blog Beef Heats Up; Kanye Weighs In|last=Upmalis|first=Jordan|work=[[MTV News]]|publisher=[[MTV]]|location=United States|date=June 23, 2008}}</ref>