Tracy Lauren Marrow, better known by his stage name
Ice-T, is an American rapper and actor. He is active in both hip hop and heavy metal. Ice-T began his career as an underground rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album
Rhyme Pays. The following year, he founded the record label Rhyme $yndicate Records and released another album,
Power (1988), which would go platinum. He also released several other albums that went gold, including
The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say! (1989),
O.G. Original Gangster (1991) and
Home Invasion (1993).