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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