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Rhyme Pays is the debut studio album by American rapper Ice-T, released on July 28, 1987, by Sire Records.The album peaked at number 93 on the US Billboard 200 and number 23 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Tracy Lauren Marrow [2] (born February 16, 1958), better known by his stage name Ice-T (or Ice T), is an American rapper and actor. He is active in both hip hop and heavy metal . Ice-T began his career as an underground rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays .
Chopper is a hip hop music subgenre that originated in the Midwestern United States and features fast-paced rhyming or rapping. [1] [2] Those that rap in the style are known as choppers, and rapping in the style is sometimes referred to as chopping.
Philadelphia rapper Schoolly D is generally considered the first "gangsta rapper", [10] [11] significantly influencing the more popular early gangsta rap originator, Ice-T. [12] Ice-T was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1958. As a teenager, he moved to Los Angeles where he rose to prominence in the West Coast hip hop scene.
It was released as a single from the soundtrack album to the 1991 film New Jack City and from the rapper's fourth studio album O.G. Original Gangster. It was recorded at Wide Tracks Recording Studio in Hollywood, California, produced by Alphonso "DJ Aladdin" Henderson and Tracy "Ice-T" Marrow, and released in 1991 via Warner Bros. Records.
Bronx-born Chris Lighty founded Violator Management with Mona Scott-Young in 1996 — and within months they had one of the most powerful firms in the hip-hop business, with a roster that grew to ...
Spicer's music was sampled by hip-hop artists including the Wu-Tang Clan, 2Pac, De La Soul, and Busta Rhymes. Rapper LL Cool J has cited Spicer's music as sparking his interest in hip-hop. [4] Spicer had four daughters, Angelina, Leticia, Janel, and Princess and one son, James. In 2018, he was diagnosed with advanced brain and lung cancer. [5]
Brandi Younger, professionally known by her stage name Gripsta, is an Oakland-born female rapper.Discovered by Ice-T at the age of 13, she was featured on song titled "Funky Gripsta" off of his 1993 album Home Invasion and later signed to Tuff Break/A&M Records in the 1990s.