In this intriguing memoir, groundbreaking rapper and actor Ice-T chronicles his
rise from nomadic criminal to hip-hop star. After losing both parents by the age
of 12, Tracy Marrow was shipped to relatives in Los Angeles where he navigated
the growing gang culture of the city and became a father at 18. A four-year tour
in the army was followed by a lucrative interlude robbing jewelry and clothing
stores. As his fellow thieves began to file off to prison, Ice-T turned to the
nascent rap scene and scored immediate success. Continuing to reinvent himself,
Ice-T went on to front a rock band and also was one of the first rap figures to
work in film and television. There.s little focus on the music itself, but rather
on his careers and his observations on the various subcultures he passes through.
What lifts the book above the general run of entertainer memoirs is the quality
of these observations.Ice-T is a canny businessman, and he charts clearly the
decisions that brought him up each step of a very treacherous ladder.

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