“A lot of the younger kids now can rap, but they're scared of the crowd. Mastery of that stage is an MC. I don't know if you've seen any great MCs on stage but when you do it's like wow, this is more than the words to rhymes.”

American rapper and actor

Ice-T, born Tracy Lauren Marrow, is an American rapper and actor. Active since the 1980s, he is known for work in hip-hop and heavy metal, and for a career that has moved between music and screen roles. He began as an underground rapper before signing with Sire Records in 1987 and releasing his debut album, Rhyme Pays. He later founded Rhyme $yndicate Records and followed with Power, his only platinum album, then The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say!, O.G. Original Gangster, and Home Invasion, all of which were gold and widely acclaimed.