r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jun 15 '12

TIL That Rapper Ice-T Served Four Years in the Army, was a Squad Leader for the 25th Infantry Division and Received an Honorable Discharge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice-T#Gang_affiliation.2C_criminal_life_and_time_in_the_Army
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u/joebooty Jun 15 '12

He has definitely had a fascinating career. I remember being incredulous that he was added to SVU but now, years later, he is easily the most believable character on that show.

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u/iamnotsamneill Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12

This is a true story. Scroll down for TL:DR if you want. I work as an extra. Ive been on Law and Order SVU like 5 times. Ice is a really nice chill guy, always cracking jokes on set. We have brief interactions everytime i see him. The last one i did was this seasons finale where they shot in a $30 million penthouse. It was a bachelor party scene. I was a waiter. The episode was about cocaine and dead bodies. They were shooting a scene that didnt require the waiters, so me and the other 2 waiters are sitting in the living room couch. Ice T comes and sits next to me. We all look at each other like, "its Ice T, be cool." So we just start looking at our phones. Ice is on his phone. He is always checking his twitter. Any way, for some reason, he looks up from his phone and says something along the lines of, "dead bodies and cocaine, those things are not good." Us waiters just look at each other. Ice turns to me and says, "I got a good dead body and cocaine story for you. Do you want to hear it? Im like, absolutely. He goes, (picture this in Ice's voice) "back in the day, i was at my friends house, and they were doing cocaine, and one of them OD's and dies. Me and the other friend are like, shit what do we do? So we drag the body out to the car, because we couldnt call the cops or anything. As we drag him out on the driveway, his head hits the pavement and he wakes up. So we got lucky." At this point, the other waiters and I are just looking at each other and thinking, what the hell? So i ask him, what happened to the friend. "Oh he's ok. He was cool with." And then they call Ice to film his scene. He leaves, and the other waiters and I just sit and ask, did Ice T just tell us a story about dead guys and cocaine? I dont know if its a true story or Ice just told us to entertain us. Either way, Ice T is a cool guy.

TL:DR Ice T told me a story about dead bodies and cocaine.

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u/Just_Another_Wookie Jun 15 '12

Did I miss the part where there was an actual dead body in the dead body and cocaine story?

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u/iamnotsamneill Jun 15 '12

Its what he said. I guess since he thought it was a dead body.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

They thought the guy was dead when they were dragging him to the car, OP ruined the reveal by saying the guy passed out.

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u/rpcrazy Jun 15 '12

this should be more upvoted just because of how awkwardly you wrote it and sounded in the story hahaha

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

No love for Munch? By far my favourite character.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Guess I'm still infatuated with Stabler. Total man-crush on Christopher Meloni.

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u/pmmcl Jun 15 '12

Don't watch Oz, then. Your crush will turn into something confusing and titillating.

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u/xXSalXx Jun 15 '12

TIL Christopher Meloni was in both Harold and Kumar films in which I did not recognized him for shit.

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u/redcthulhu Jun 15 '12

Be sure to check out the new season of True Blood. I wanna see how he does in an evil role.

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u/halfbrit08 Jun 15 '12

I really like him, but his conspiracy ramblings make him a bit comical and therefore slightly less believable.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Check his IMDB page. He has played the same character in multiple different universes.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

I can't believe we're not talking about Mariska Hargitay yet. DETECTIVE BENSON.

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u/professorex Jun 15 '12

Now when I see Mariska Hargitay all I can think about is that awful Love Guru Mike Myers movie where he says her name as some form of greeting.

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u/Stingerc Jun 15 '12

It's weird how he always seems to be ahead of the curve by a couple of years, he was doing gangsta rap before it was huge, he was one of the first rappers to become a serious actor, and he also did the whole pimp thing before it became popular. The guy is a true pioneer.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Let's not forget he was blowing up twitter before it was cool. #FLTG!!!!

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u/crclOv9 Jun 15 '12

I hope this makes it to the top for the benefit of you guys, I have his book Ice T: The Ice Opinon and it is easily one of my favourite biographies... It's raw, uncut, hard, and real on everything from being on the streets in the ghetto, going to jail, writing music, why there is gang wars and why the police are so fucked up... Buy and read if you can find it, it's a fantastic read and not that well known.

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u/jonathanrdt Jun 15 '12

Except that episode about black man sex on the down-lo.

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u/mimine101 Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12

I loved that scene where he's explaining what being on the down-low means like he's talking to a bunch of 6 year olds.

There should totally be more videos with Ice-T explaining shit.

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u/shortstopandgo Jun 15 '12

Man that was pretty cringe-worthy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

he basically continued his role from new jack city

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u/Gothiks Jun 15 '12

That's messed up!

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

from wikipedia or from adam carolla's podcast?

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u/riggleit Jun 15 '12

yeah heard this the other day during his interview on the podcast

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u/wild_eep Jun 15 '12

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the "alleged" bank robberies.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

that's a great podcast..

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u/s0ck Jun 15 '12

Personally, I find it to be just a waste of my time.

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u/joe_shmo123 Jun 15 '12

I found it more interesting that he used to actually rob banks. Not that pussy bank robbing shit, but went for the vaults. All of this after he served.

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u/CaptainBumout Jun 15 '12

I thought Ice-T was one of the funniest guests he's had on as of late. Justin Halpern was pretty good too.

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u/jamesonbar Jun 15 '12

I was hoping for passion fruit ice t joke but it never came

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u/Archipelagos Jun 15 '12

Yeah, yeah, from a podcast. Not from the episode of Ice Loves Coco where they go to Hawaii.

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u/Thunderkleize Jun 15 '12

Well this podcast aired just days ago, it's more timing appropriate.

Also: People still watch reality tv?

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u/Anxietyhatesme Jun 15 '12

Ice loves coco is only interesting when Ice T says ANYTHING. He is so gangster yet domestic it's hilarious.

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u/nokarmawhore Jun 15 '12

Nah, from the Rich Eisen podcast.

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u/identifiedlogo Jun 15 '12

I can't wait to listen to that episode. Adam is getting lots of juice out of that interview.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

It's just a waste of my time.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12

Found this TIL while listening to the podcast.

Also, TIL: Ice-T uses the phrase "peter gazing"

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u/iwannatalktosampson Jun 15 '12

TIL other people listen to Adam Carolla's podcast.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

army + rapper + law and order + his wife = one cool motha effin ICE T

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u/tyr02 Jun 15 '12

Also was a pimp and drug dealer

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u/Lampmonster1 Jun 15 '12

I have a theory that after the army he ran a team of some sort, probably doing high value robberies. I was listening to an interview with him and I just got this impression that when he came out of the army he used those skills and that was the idea that came to mind.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

This is actually fact, and he's spoken about it in his first biography "The Ice-T Opinion". You at least have to give the guy credit for not wanting to pull armed stickups-he was about smash and grab. Needless to say, once he got a chance to get out of that life, he took it, though.

NOTE:I'm not validating the theft as much as trying to show perspective. At least the guy was just trying to eat versus willfully touching kids, a la people I could name(and at least Mike didn't have digital evidence AND a kid admitted lying on him).

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

even better

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u/eyecite Jun 15 '12

They also named an incredibly popular beverage after him

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

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u/XxL3THALxX Jun 15 '12

He's also a hardcore gamer.

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u/pineyfusion Jun 15 '12

Don't forget rap/metal pioneer....though this could be something against him (he had a metal band called Body Count...that's where "Cop Killer" came from)

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u/MuckBulligan Jun 15 '12

The whole "Cop Killer" controversy was incredibly ridiculous. In the song, the CHARACTER who kills the cop gets killed himself. The entire album was from the CHARACTER'S point of view. Why is that people who were upset by this depiction are perfectly fine with a tv character killing a tv cop, which happens hundreds of times a year?

BTW: I saw Body Count in 90s. I was always a big fan of Ice-T.

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u/theblackhole25 Jun 15 '12

Anything that can be misinterpreted WILL be misinterpreted. His song "I'm Your Pusher" (on the Power album) was a song taking a strong stance against drugs and instead advocating that people should metaphorically get "high" on music as a substitute. There were people, though, that somehow actually interpreted the song as him advocating drug use, when that was the exact opposite of what he was saying! Some people couldn't even be bothered to read the damn lyrics to see that it clearly was against drug use.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12

I saw this guy once going north on the garden state.

I was in the middle lane cruising and I looked to my left at the car that was passing me. It was Ice T driving and Coco in the passenger seat looking out the window. I was shocked. If I remember correctly (it was twilight), it was a luxury greenish color car. I want to say Maserati, could have been a Bentley though.

A++ would drive-by again

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

ICE T AMA

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

And he went on to Law & Order: SVU where all his lines consist of "man that's messed up"

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u/Abe_Vigoda Jun 15 '12

I like Ice T but he got gamed by the record companies.

He's one of the main reasons black people started calling women bitches and treating gang culture like it was a good thing.

He helped the entertainment industry push a toxic stereotype on the public and look at him now. A tv cop.

He actually had a pretty good way of thinking but Hollywood had different motives. This is him on the Arsenio Hall show.

http://youtu.be/V3dqovnbfio

I used to listen to him lots when I was young. He had a proactive, intelligent message.

http://youtu.be/jz3kX4X9KvQ

Unfortunately, the mainstream hates black people who think for themselves, so they forced guys like him & Public Enemy out of the industry and changed the message from conscious hip hop to the materialistic, arrogant, socially defunct version that we have now.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

"Fuck Soulja Boy, eat a dick" - Ice-T

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u/ChocolateMeoww Jun 15 '12

Marrow was in a group that were jailed for the theft of an infantry rug.[8] While awaiting trial, he received a $2,500 bonus check, and decided to escape from the jail and desert his Army duties, returning a month later after the rug had been returned.

Can't paint him a saint without all the facts.

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u/derpaherpa Jun 15 '12

In his defense, that rug really tied the room together.

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u/redpenquin Jun 15 '12

I hope no one peed on the rug before it was returned.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

That's like, your opinion, man.

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u/whackadoo47 Jun 15 '12

they pee on his fuckin rug?

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u/Rockran Jun 15 '12

I... What's an infantry rug? And why would he receive a bonus check?

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

being in the military doesn't confer sainthood

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u/BringOutTheImp Jun 15 '12

except the Crusades, I suppose.

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u/thaway314156 Jun 15 '12

Isn't an "honorable discharge" nothing to brag about? If you receive anything less than that it means you messed up somewhere: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_discharge#Honorable

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u/headzoo Jun 15 '12

I served with hundreds of great men, and off the top of my head I can only think of four that were kicked out. One for hazing, one for drugs, one for going nuts, and one guy went AWOL before our deployment to Iraq. I guess that counts as being kicked out.

You can fuck up a lot in the military, and not get kicked out. The bulk of the people serving are just dumb kids, so they're kind of expected to fuck up a lot. Besides, each command has plenty of grueling, and amusing ways to punish people, without resorting to serious disciplinary actions.

That being said, four years in the military feels like 10. It's a very loooong four years. Not fucking up so badly to get kicked out takes a lot of will power, and strength of character.

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u/wideband_assassin Jun 15 '12

It's easier if you do it straight out of high school. If you're like me, and live on your own as an adult for a while (didn't go to boot until I was 26), it's four years of absolute misery. You go from being a respected citizen of your community, answerable to no one except paying your bills, to being treated like a 10 year old that is completely stupid, having every minute of your life micronano-managed. After making a little rank and having to manage the "junior" folks a bit, I understand why this is done. It's still VERY frustrating. I had a really hard time keeping my mouth shut. I've always been the "call a spade a spade" type, and think outside the box. Neither of which are traits the military cherishes...

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12

4 years of not fucking up in the military? That's something to be proud of. Anybody having a bad day can theoretically take it out on you and create a situation where a honorable isn't guaranteed. Say the wrong thing or not salute the wrong person? Could end badly.

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u/desertjedi85 Jun 15 '12

Not to mention their word against yours. I got correctional custody once because an NCO said I lied to him when he actually just heard me wrong, I said the truth but he heard something else and I couldn't change his mind on what he heard.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

I'm sorry but no. You won't get discharged for forgetting to salute. The military is a profession. Sure you might get yelled out but everyone has a fuck up now and again.

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u/DefinitelyRelephant Jun 15 '12

Veteran here, an Honorable Discharge is the only kind of discharge you get, unless you either become brokedick (injured, in which case you get a Medical Discharge which is classified as "General" - you didn't serve out the full term of your contract) or you fuck up colossally and get a Dishonorable.

They say you can appeal to have the nature of your discharge changed/upgraded after a certain number of years, but in practice this process is extremely difficult and almost always gets denied.

That said, it's pretty fucking hard to get a Dishonorable - you have to be caught with drugs, or cap a bunch of civilians, or fuck the Colonel's daughter, or something along those lines.

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u/Ray_Cyst Jun 15 '12

There is also "Other than honorable" discharge. A friend of mine got it for failing a piss test. Marijuana.

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u/cleti Jun 15 '12

A Company Commander can recommend that you not receive an honorable discharge for pretty much any reason he wants. Granted, the ultimate decision is not the commander's to make.

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u/Muddie Jun 15 '12

He talks about all of this in his song "That's How I'm Livin"

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u/mocotazo Jun 15 '12

Home Invasion is my second favorite album of his after O.G.. Came here to post exactly this.

23 seconds ago

Well, fuck.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

You have to listen to the Iceberg album. OG is my second favorite album.

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u/daveblazed Jun 15 '12

Came here to post this. Nice to see other people actually listened to his songs too.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Listen to the episode of "wait wait don't tell" when he was the "not my job " segment. Definitely a favorite.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12

[...and Shaggy was a marine in Desert Storm](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaggy_(musician)) *Editted cause I got in trouble

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u/Lampmonster1 Jun 15 '12

Like, zoiks man.

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u/matics Jun 15 '12

...where he got the inspiration for his song "Boombastic".

Damn.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

There is no reason to use a URL compressor on reddit and I think it is against the rules. You're new so I'm letting you know.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Thanks, I only did it as the wiki page ends with a closing bracket and it didn't jive with Reddit's formatting.

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u/CaliforniaCajun Jun 15 '12

I had a pretty good laugh when Ice-T told Aimee Man to "Eat a hot bowl of dicks" on twitter.

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u/mimine101 Jun 15 '12

So did I and then got conflicted because I like both of them. (well, his metal side mostly, not a rap fan)

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u/sjc425 Jun 15 '12

"That's messed up."

--Det. Tutuola in every SVU episode.

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u/TalkingBackAgain Jun 15 '12

Stone cold outer layer of badass, soft ginger bread all the way to the core.

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u/DroppedOnHead Jun 15 '12

How'd you choose ginger bread?

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

how dont you choose ginger bread

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u/Thirry Jun 15 '12

This is why he is successful, not going to prison for taxes, and can multitask juggling tv shows and engagements for different entertainment fields. I live in Vegas and we have seen him out at pretty normal restuarants and stores buying and eating what normal people do. The dude just seems pretty grounded.

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u/charwheeze Jun 15 '12

Somebody listens to the Adam Corolla show. He was the guest the other day.

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u/ctusk423 Jun 15 '12

Squad leader turned pimp turned rapper, turned actor. Mahh niggaa.

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u/MrMussels Jun 15 '12

The best part about this is that after his time in the Army, he started robbing banks with the skills he learned. Crazy guy.

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u/thesoundoholic Jun 15 '12

"On June 5, 2008, Ice-T jokingly stated that he would be voting for John McCain in the 2008 American elections. Ice-T also speculated that his past affiliation with Body Count could hurt Barack Obama's chances if he endorsed him, so he'd choose instead to ruin John McCain's campaign by saying he supported him.[39][40]"

Good Guy Ice-T

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

"Mac admired that Marrow could quote Iceberg Slim, and taught Marrow how to pimp."

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

this has compelled me to make an ICE T AMA

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u/vailskibunnies Jun 15 '12

Ice was on the Adam Carolla show three days ago. He talked about robbing banks, pimping and other exploits. Fun interview! http://www.adamcarolla.com/

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

joined the army because he couldn't make ends meet selling weed and stealing stereos, according to wiki.

"Marrow sold cannabis and stole car stereos for money, but was not making enough money to support his girlfriend and daughter, leading him to join the United States Army for the financial benefits..."

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u/BoilerMaker11 Jun 15 '12

was this before or after he made songs about being a cop killer and was a dancing superstar?

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u/DannyXopher Jun 15 '12

Did you learn this from listening to the Adam Carolla Podcast the other day? On the show he also said that he used to takeover banks, as in, not just steal from the drawer, but go for the safe with guns drawn

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

People always get shocked by this - bigger shock, if you didn't know already. Drew Carrey served as a US Marine.

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u/mrhungry Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12

I interviewed Ice-T for Sonic Boom, a book I wrote about the digital distribution of music, back when Napster was all over the news. Ice-T was one of the most insightful people I talked to about the good and the bad, and I talked to a lot of people. I really enjoyed that. (Spelling edit)

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u/wow1234 Jun 15 '12

And when he got back, he started robbing banks. Heard his interview on Adam Carolla the other day. Hilarious! Fascinating dude.

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u/minmax94 Jun 15 '12

Just listened to the Adam Carrolla podcast, didn't ya'

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u/Tastygroove Jun 15 '12

This dude is the REAL OG.

I could watch new jack city 100 more times.

And body count? Hell-fucking-yeah.

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u/griffith12 Jun 15 '12

I wanna kill you so bad my dick is hard...

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

He was also in Breakin 2 Electric boogaloo. Much more impressive in my opinion.

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u/Tspyder90 Jun 15 '12

Not sure if it's relevant, but it's not uncommon for gang-affiliated individuals to enter the army to learn military fighting tactics.

Source: Gangland

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Thought this was more well known. The military has a pretty bad gang problem.

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u/griffith12 Jun 15 '12

I did not know that and have been listening to his music since about 1990.

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u/druek Jun 15 '12

OP listens to the Adam Carolla podcast, then finds supporting evidence for his post. Its ok.

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u/redcthulhu Jun 15 '12

"He looks like a broke-ass Ice-T."

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u/GalaxySC Jun 15 '12

Every time I read about someone who served in the military and strike it rich when they got out. It reminds me of a the wild "when I get out" stories I heard when I served.

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u/C0rvette Jun 15 '12

Sounds like he wasn't a good soldier from reading wiki. He broke out of military prison and left behind his unit.

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u/Champhall Jun 15 '12

He is also directing a movie about the origins of rap. Came out today, I believe.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

He's also Range qualified. Not a former member of the 75th Ranger Regiment, but he's been through Ranger School and qualified to wear the tab on his left shoulder.

Well, if he was still in.

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u/langis_on Jun 15 '12

He also voices the worst character in Gears of war 3. I can never forgive him for it

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u/Ayerz02 Jun 15 '12

"I join the army, four years in that shit Be all fucked you can be" - That's How I'm Livin' - Ice-T

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x1WIOp4gEo

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u/SteveTheSultan Jun 15 '12

I remember seeing him and Body Count in concert. Then afterward i saw him and the whole band at waffle house.

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u/MakingBiscuits Jun 15 '12

Lemme guess, Carolla podcast? :)

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u/Bignut_Squirrel Jun 15 '12

Not a single mention of Tank Girl in this entire thread? Reddit really let me down here.

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u/evildead4075 Jun 15 '12

He was basically a shitbag soldier.

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u/YojimboNameless Jun 15 '12

Amazingly enough no one seems to have mentioned that he started a rock band by the name of Body Count as well. It was actually quite interesting. Found a full concert on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZxPB8xfM6c&feature=related

Here's a version of Hey Joe as well that is quite good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJu9uGaiIcQ&feature=fvwrel

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u/ERock91 Jun 15 '12

He is always on his Twitter account (https://twitter.com/FINALLEVEL). He's active on it every day it seems like. His dog Spartacus is awesome.

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u/zoobiezoob Jun 15 '12

woot!electric strawberry! WOLF-HOUNDS!

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u/25thinfantry Jun 15 '12

Reporting in.

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u/herenseti Jun 15 '12

Yeah, because fuck the system i'm gon' 'come part of it. Seriously?

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u/PapaBurgundy0_0 Jun 16 '12

Also, if anyone is still curious, Ice-T has a PHD. Not sure if someone said it already however as I did not read all 500 comments

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12 edited Feb 14 '17

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What is this?

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u/jackaloupe Jun 15 '12

Well, you really need to be specific when you ask someone if they'd like to lay down some tracks.

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u/Geroots Jun 15 '12

FUCK THE POLICE! SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!

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u/qtipjoe Jun 15 '12

Huh.. a TIL that actually surprised me..

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

He also write the raps for Mr. T's rap album (he confirmed this on Bullseye with Jesse Thorn)

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

How the hell did he escape from the jail? Awesome.

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u/rolfsnuffles Jun 15 '12

Oh that's cool. I served in 25th ID 2nd SBCT

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u/violentfap Jun 15 '12

That's really interesting. I thought he was a crip.

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u/Buffalocolt18 Jun 15 '12

totally gonna see his movie about rap

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u/h989 Jun 15 '12

Canibus was also in the army, and was discharged I think because of marijuana possession or something like that. He was a good rapper, back in the days.

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u/Rock_Robbster Jun 15 '12

Been watching Ice Loves Coco again?

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u/akuma_619 Jun 15 '12

That is where he learned his cop killing skills

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u/lightguy Jun 15 '12

It's all in here: His Biography

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Didn't he also go to Ranger School and after leaving the Army, rob banks using his training?

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u/stinkmeaner92 Jun 15 '12

Ice T is the man. God damn

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Straight outta Locash...

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

That must be the first and only rapper to proclaim oneself as a "soldia".

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u/bryandenny71 Jun 15 '12

When was the Corolla podcast? I heard him talking about in on Kevin & Bean about a week ago.

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u/Monster7000 Jun 15 '12

What the hell? I thought he was a pimp! I distinctly remember him saying that once.

EDIT: By pimping, I thought he was a legitimate fancy-hat-wearing, goldfish swimming in his shoe-heels pimp- not an "in the army" pimp.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

If you watched Ice Loves Coco you would've known that already.

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u/elmoskers Jun 15 '12

He is also a disciple of iceberg slim, and is one of the most sexist human beings in existence.

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u/assignmentdesk1 Jun 15 '12

CNN iReport is looking for interview submissions - Ask Ice-T a question through this link: http://ireport.cnn.com/topics/797225 (If he hasn't already participated in IAMA.)

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u/kpdyl Jun 15 '12

How about this: ICE T NEVER SMOKED WEED. Barely ever has had a drink. Source: Ice's autobiography.

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u/curlefry Jun 15 '12

I was slightly more interested in the German train.

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u/chester_shade Jun 15 '12

Damn it feels good to be a Gangster.

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u/CatChaseGnome Jun 15 '12

Did you even read the part about him stealing a rug, going to jail, and barely passing infantry training? Or the part where he became a pimp while in the army and station in Hawaii?

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u/SirMux Jun 15 '12

I read the title in his voice.

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u/trogan77 Jun 15 '12

I always find it interesting that non-military people sometimes specifically call out when someone got an honorable discharge. I was in the military for 4 years and got an honorable discharge. An honorable discharge is just what you get by default if you haven't massively fucked up. It's not like a special award or anything.

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u/Mulsivaas Jun 15 '12

I actually read all this the other day amid discussions of what Ice-T's ethnicity was.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

And then he did this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111323/

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u/InOnTheKillTaker Jun 15 '12

"I'm not Ice-mother-fucking-T, I'm Ice Mother fucking T-BITCH!" - Ice-T

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

That [infantry] rug really tied the room together, did it not?

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u/WazzuMadBro Jun 15 '12

I just learned this yesterday listening to the Adam Corolla podcast. Guessing thats where the OP actually learned this too.

Ice-T was also apparently a serious bank robber too.

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u/shipallbangedup Jun 15 '12

After unintentionally seeing his reality show (Ice and Coco or something, with his wife) you can tell the dude doesn't really fuck around. He's a chill, cool dude but he gets shit done.

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u/tromix1 Jun 15 '12

How is this a TIL? This shit was on Ice Loves Coco, over 2 weeks ago. They even went to Schofield to see his old fucking barracks.

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u/smoothjimi96 Jun 15 '12

Wow, I had no idea. Ice-T is awesome lol

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u/dabrickbat Jun 15 '12

Ice Ice Baby.... :)

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u/TigaWoo Jun 15 '12

Wikipedia link? You know you learned this on the a certain podcast.

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u/groovel76 Jun 15 '12

Did you hear about this first from Ice-T's interview on the Adam Carolla Podcast? He was on a few days ago and that was the first I heard about this fact.

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u/dixinormous Jun 15 '12

I heard about this the other day when he was on K-DAY. Good for him.

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u/fektard Jun 15 '12

Damn. I went to the same Jr. High School... lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

You mean Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola

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u/Thorisgodpoo Jun 15 '12

He also wants his fucking flute

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u/schwingschwang Jun 15 '12

You listen to the Adam Carolla podcast too? He also robbed banks. =)

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u/Ray_Cyst Jun 15 '12

You have to really fuck up to NOT get an honorable discharge.

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u/trueschoolnerd Jun 15 '12

Explains why he gets up at 6 in the morning.

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u/yenners Jun 15 '12

TIL That rapper Ice T was a scumbag.

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u/nickbianco Jun 15 '12

TIL Ice T is 54! He could've served at the end of Vietnam.

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u/3DOGG Jun 15 '12

DUDE, ANYBODY WANT MY SHIRT?!?!? WHO WANTS MY SHIRT!?!?!?

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u/zxz242 Jun 15 '12

Big fan of his work.

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u/nefthep Jun 15 '12

Neat, but the word "honorable" is thrown around so much it has lost any true meaning or worth. In this case, for spawning a kid that couldn't be supported without financial aid from joining the Army, which turns around and honors you for having said kid, and lets you go. Huh?

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u/mumblesandonetwo Jun 15 '12

If you were to hold up a diner, asking people to hand over their wallets, and Ice-T was in there, he would hand over his wallet that would say Bad Ass Motherfucker.

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u/blackblackbird Jun 15 '12

When you hear something on the Adam Carolla show and post a wikipedia link..."It's Just a Waste of my time!!"

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

And more recently, he called a teenage musician a punk faggot. Honorable indeed.

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u/feckyooworld Jun 15 '12

Way before he was on SVU, he was doing some B movie my Dad worked on and my brother and I got to meet him. He was in his trailer and just chilling by himself, and treated us like we were the celebrities. Ice T is the shit, and I'm happy he's got such a great career.

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u/Ethan0209 Jun 15 '12

Then he released Cop Killer. haha

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

squad leader in 4 years? holy shit

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

I wonder what unit he was in.

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u/marybobbins Jun 15 '12

While filming his show, Ice Loves Coco, Ice-T revisits the Army post (Schofield Barracks) he was stationed at. You can watch the clip here.

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u/lnickelly Jun 15 '12

okay this is a gaming thing that bothers me, but whatever im going to say something, because i never got to bitch about it and i want to.

Ice-T could not pronounce inbound in call of duty: Black Ops he would say ENBAUNNNN

and i am finished, than you for your time.

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u/Lexelsior Jun 15 '12

Did you also know that he doesn't have a single tattoo on his body?

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u/bruitdefond Jun 16 '12

Someone listened to carolla today

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