Releasing his first track, "The Coldest Rapper," in 1983, Ice-T became Los Angeles's first rap artist. He has since become one of America's most outspoken rappers, boasting a violent past in which he claims to have been shot...

Tracy Marrow (born February 16, 1958)[1], better known by stage name Ice-T, and nickname O.G. (Original Gangsta) is an American emcee, rock musician, author, former United States Army soldier, and actor. He is slated for a co-starring role in the 2008...

Honorees included LL Cool J, Big Daddy Kane, Notorious B.I.G., the film Boyz N the Hood, Iced T, Salt N Pepa, Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five.Surprisingly, many of the pioneers still resided in their famed ‘hoods although their perspectives paths rarely cross. The...

The lyric-spouting, Mountain Dew-guzzling, street-surfing Busta is a perfect ambassador for this collision of worlds. Along with four stages worth of A-list hip hop, rock, and alternative acts (OutKast, Stone Temple Pilots, Snoop Dogg, Fatboy Slim, Ice-T, Third Eye Blind, Ludacris), there's a tent for...

A remorseless drug lord with ties to hip hop and Hollywood was spared the death penalty Friday by a jury that instead sentenced him to life in prison without parole for having two rivals killed.Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, 46, who had listened calmly as federal prosecutors...

A judge at the federal murder conspiracy trial of a crack kingpin with ties to the rap music industry warned prosecutors that pursuing a death sentence would be a waste of time and money."There's no chance in the world there would be a death penalty...