Cowboy Troy launches new album, tour Nov 9, 2009
Other artists on his iPod playlist are Tom Petty, Chris Cornell, Run-DMC, Public Enemy, Ice Cube and Ice-T.. Sans a guitar, he takes a different songwriting approach than most artists. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
how to troll Oct 9, 2009
Murs Snoop Dogg Ol Dirty Bastard Ice-T Slash of Guns and Roses Three Six Mafia Vanillia Ice Bone thugs N Harmony Paris 2 Live Crew Awesome Dre Ice Cube and many more. 3. (Harper's Magazine)
Blending in, standing out, surviving the game Oct 3, 2009
Have you ever seen that movie Surviving the Game , with former rap star-turned television and movie actor, Ice-T ... Not just because of Ice-T. I liked the performances and characters played by Charles S. Dutton and Rutger Hauer as well ... Training camp will not feature such brutal action as Ice-T s movie (or so we hope, we don t need any injuries). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Bad rap: Lyrics land man in state pen Aug 2, 2009
In 1992 rapper turned Law and Order actor Ice-T became a target of police associations for a song called ''Cop Killer'' on his album, Body Count. A Pennsylvania teen expelled for threatening rap lyrics posted online won a 2006 settlement with the school district for violating his First Amendment right for expression. (Lake Wales News, FL)
Soulja Boy emerges through criticism with 2 hits May 10, 2009
He exchanged verbal shots with rapper-actor Ice-T, who said his brand of music was killing hip-hop. He even beefed with Bow Wow shortly after the two released the video Marco Polo. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Soulja Boy emerges through criticism May 8, 2009
He exchanged verbal shots with rapper-actor Ice-T, who said his brand of music was "killing hip-hop." He even beefed with Bow Wow shortly after the two released the video "Marco Polo.". "People really did think I was going to be a one-hit wonder not a legit artist," he said with a slight smirk. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
'Book of Rhymes' spells out hip-hop's artistry Apr 3, 2009
Hip-Hop Is Dead," as one of the music's most innovative provocateurs, Nas, declared in an album title a few years ago. They were saying the same about poetry long before hip-hop was born.Nothing could be further from the truth, argues Adam Bradley, a Harvard-trained professor of literature at Claremont McKenna College in Southern California. Not only is poetry not dead, he believes, it's alive and well in the much-maligned form of rap music, the most polarizing genre of popular music to come... (Boston Globe)
