Ice-T

Rapper & Actor, Law & Order: SVU, Army Veteran

Ice-T is a top entertainment keynote speaker, rapper, and actor. As an artist, Ice’s reach has crossed from music into film and television, and interactive media. His syndicated TV show The Mediator debuted in March of 2021 to rave reviews, along with the the 4th season of his crime show In Ice Cold Blood (Oxygen). Ice also won a Grammy award in 2021, this is his 2nd Grammy and his 4th nomination. Keep an eye out for his 22nd season of Law & Order: SVU – This means Ice has been on TV longer than any other male actor on TV EVER!

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  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Ice-T Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

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  • Languages Spoken

    English

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Overcoming Adversity

Ice-T’s life has often been defined by overcoming adversity. As a child he lost both of his parents by the time he was 11. He was then shipped from New Jersey to Los Angeles to live with an alcoholic aunt who treated him horribly. At 17 he moved out and started living on his...

Ice-T’s life has often been defined by overcoming adversity. As a child he lost both of his parents by the time he was 11. He was then shipped from New Jersey to Los Angeles to live with an alcoholic aunt who treated him horribly. At 17 he moved out and started living on his own in south-central while the violent and infamous gang culture exploded. To add to this, he got his girlfriend pregnant. Faced with that responsibility, he decided to join the army. While in the army, he learned the power of discipline. He also got tremendous inspiration from a drill sergeant who told him, “You’re in here because you can’t make it in civilian life!”  After his stint as a Ranger, he settled into civilian life by becoming a master criminal. It was during this time period that Ice got into a horrific car accident and was in a coma for three days. At this point in his life, the new musical form of Rap debuted and quickly caught on. Ice had always made gang rhymes (“Crips don’t die, they multiply”) and realized that he had a talent for writing street poetry. Rather than mimicking the braggadocious party raps that everyone else was doing, he created the genre of gangster rap. When he approached record labels about his music he was always told three things: only East Coast rappers sell, rap music is a fad, and you’re not talented. Time and time again, Ice was thrown into adversity. The tune of his life was the repetitive ‘obstacle, opportunity, obstacle, opportunity’. His mindset at every juncture brought him success. In his lecture Overcoming Adversity he talks about the lessons he learned and what he did to not just survive, but to THRIVE. In the current climate that we’re in, these inspiring lessons are even more relevant and profound.

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About Keynote Speaker Ice-T

Ice-T not only invented gangster rap, he has lived it. Ice-T is the original embodiment of LA Hip-Hop and a cultural icon. Through his music, his multiple books and his lecture
tours of America’s prisons, high schools, libraries, and colleges (including Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford), Ice-T has become a cultural icon and an influential spokesman for America’s youth, regardless of color.

Born an only child in New Jersey, Ice learned the art of survival pretty fast. Both his parents passed before he was 11 resulting in him being shipped to Los Angeles to live with an alcoholic aunt. Ice struck out on his own at 16 and soon became involved in crime while navigating the LA gangs scene then joining the Army.

His first break in the entertainment came when the producers of the film Breakin’ asked him to rap in the movie. He went on to become rap music’s original gangster, writing songs like “Six in the Mornin” and “New Jack Hustler.”

Ice-T subsequently formed the thrash metal band Body Count with high school friend and guitarist Ernie C. Body Count’s 1991 self-titled debut contained the controversial
single “Cop Killer.” In 2018 Ice and his band Body Count released the lp, Bloodlust, that garnered a 2018 Grammy nomination for the song Black Hoodie. In 2020, Ice released a new Body Count album entitled Carnivore, which won a Grammy for the song, “Bum Rush”.

As his politics were grabbing headlines, Ice-T’s film and television career was taking off. The controversial personality secured roles in New Jack City, Ricochet, Trespass and Johnny Mnemonic, all while building a flourishing television career. In Jan 2012, Ice’s directorial debut, “Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap”, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. In Sept 2012 the he produced the documentary, Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Ice-T currently stars in NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Detective Odafin Tutuola. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is the longest running TV drama in television history and is currently filming its 23rd season. Ice has acted in every season of this record breaking run. From 2018-21 Ice was the Host and Executive Producer of the crime show, In Ice Cold Blood on Oxygen which aired over 40 episodes. Ice also the Host and Executive Producer The Mediator which is syndicated in the US on Fox.

As an author, he has released four books in, the first being, The Ice Opinion (1994), following that there was, Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption-from South Central to Hollywood (2011), Split Decision (2022) and a fictional tale entitled, Kings of Vice (2013).

As a spokesman Ice is currently featured in 4 different commercials running now for Tide, CarShield, Cheerios and GE. Both Tide and Cheerios have been #1 in their respective categories for 65+ years. Ice was also the voice of NBC’s 2022 Super Bowl and NFC promos.

Ice is currently filming Law & Order: SVU and recording the next Body Count lp entitled, Merciless.

Testimonials

Ice was genuine and gracious and I could have packed a hall with hundreds of people to see him. He spoke so highly of the military that we were ecstatic – I would STRONGLY encourage him to do more of this. There are soldiers all around the Army who need to hear one of their own – unlike so many other celebrities of his stature, he has walked the walk, talked the talk, and remembers how it feels to be a soldier…  Please convey my thanks to Ice for being so cool and good to our soldiers. He does not know just how much his visit, openness, and dignity meant.

Schofield Barracks

US Army

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