Ice-T Discusses 99 Problems, Tupac, Law & Order, Hollywood Star, and 50 Years of Hip-Hop | Interview

Ice-T dropped by the neighborhood to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop and to speak with Big Boy about his career. Ice-T discusses his 24 years on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, curating his audience on social media, Tupac, Biggie, and LL Cool J. Plus, he speaks on his top 5 rap influences, performing live, starring in movies, his wife Coco Austin, and the story behind “99 Problems." Watch the full interview exclusively on BigBoyTV.
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[@tee_tow]

Ice T always dropping gems, a real O.G and a great interview‼️

[@fuldatotz]

grtdhtds

[@luie92114]

Yeah agree, I can listen to him and every time he says some dope shit!!

[@vinnysaccount]

“You don’t guide life, you ride life!” Ice T That’s the quote!

[@holdthetruthhostage]

Facts

[@luie92114]

Yeah, he's got lines for days

[@CrAck-MoNey]

This is real world knowledge he's dropping. Much respect to Ice T! Also that Grammy performance was definitely something special to the world of music. I'm raising my glass to two of the most 100% real people in this industry right now!

[@citizenjournalist2401]

Ice T's mom was deep. Parents, raise your children with wisdom. 💯Respect.

[@T.Lee3]

No matter how many times I hear him answer the New Jack City questions, I will always laugh at how Ice says, "Word, can I be in the movie." 😆

[@staxptk5263]

"The beef with LL was me" Takes a real man to admit it. Ice-T the realest G there ever was

[@HowToLoseWeightDaily]

he is a man's man ---watched his UnSung boigraphy at least 10+ ... should have had more children with Coco ughhhhh

[@Walter-qt9yf]

💯☮️

[@marclewis102]

Should of had more with Dee

[@colinrussell2017]

O.G.

[@Tykingthe1]

Who won that beef ?

[@orlandowatson1502]

Man that gem he dropped about social media being an illusion was so Ill I had to write it down verbatim and post it on FB ! Salute to the OG!

[@emmeanastasia7486]

I met Ice-T in the 90s at Hard Rock Café in Montreal. He was so kind, humble and explained he was filming Johnny Pneumonic!

[@MindTrickedX24]

GREAT interview. Nothing but love and respect for L.A. player Ice-T, the O.G. of this isht. Always pick up the game this man drops.

[@fuldatotz]

grdyhdth

[@khrashingphantom9632]

It can NEVER be overstated how influential and prolific Ice-T is as an artist in general but ESPECIALLY in Hip Hop. I'm glad he's doing interviews and telling his WHOLE story. People (especially Hip Hop) have a VERY short memory and forget how old Ice-T is AND big he is in hip hop. Ice-T is the ORIGINAL west coast rapper (pre-dates N.W.A) and was so before people even believed it was possible. The man is just great really got to see hip hop grow he along with it! Thank you all so much for having him on. History WILL NOT BURY hip hop nor its legends. More of these please. Thanks again for posting.

[@fuldatotz]

gdrthtfhdf

[@Walter-qt9yf]

💯 ☮️

[@lokofreestyle5430]

I still got Ice -T cassettes, plastic n aLL👊

[@xamccormick]

Bumping Mobb Deep all this month just for Ice😊😊😊😊

[@teranmm]

“I won’t play myself” is the best line ever

[@aerebrush1852]

I remember over 15 yrs ago Ive T was shooting an episode of Law and Order on the street...dude was off camera...some dude driving shouts "YO ICE T!" Ice T just turned around and waved at him and went back to the scene lol not sure why but that was just so smooth its embedded in memory

[@willdaven9583]

Ice T dropped so many of jewels!!!!!!RESPECT 🙌

[@adriansmith4064]

Ice-T is Hip Hop Royalty give him his flowers 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👊🏽👏🏾👏🏾

[@abang4074]

My mentor, the most versatile O.G. of all times. The teacher, pimp, player, hustler, baller, revolutionairy, originator, entertainer, businessman, entrepreneur, etc.

[@sblake9501]

Love IceT & how real he always is!!! Awesome interview!!!

[@calig2349]

The Realest

[@Jayrokilla]

Damn. Ice need to be cherished before we lose him

[@HittokiriBattousai17]

He's highly regarded as the first actual gangsta rapper and he's one of the pillars of rap. He inspired rappers from Pusha T (who got his name from one of his songs) to Eminem (who stated that he studied him amongst others when he was learning the ropes). There's no NWA without Ice T, and there's no 90's era without NWA.

[@kola8076]

@@HittokiriBattousai17preach!

[@culturesquotes]

I love when rappers bring wisdom to interviews.❤❤❤

[@Suave_TheArtKartel]

One day with age most will .. That's the best part of Hip-Hop's Culture

[@cynthiamckinney4276]

Ol school rappers are very smart intellectual type guys.

[@ec2233]

This has been therapeutic, amusing and thought-provoking. Just makes me like Ice even more. 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿

[@kenricknelson310]

I lost it at about 20:37 when he said "My shxt was more wavy then the ships in the navy on a funky bxtch" 😭😭😭⚰️⚰️⚰️💯💯💯

[@YTKTNC]

This interview was genuinely wholesome 👏

[@wesleywashington1251]

Ice-T remembered something from 1975!!! Word for word!! Amazing memory!!

[@Walter-qt9yf]

Yeah word up plus he never did drug's so he definitely has a great mind and memory💯☮️

[@zap7026]

There's no Ice T interview I haven't watched at least twice. And I still get something new out of it every time.

[@ivanbrown4564]

Ice-T has the smoothest, coolest and best life lesson quotes to live by.

[@kiddmobb4759]

Marquees said that because he heard it from someone else Ice T made that song in '93 but the 1st person to say I got 99 problems and a b!tch ain't one was JT Money from The Poison Clan back in '91 on his Poinsonous Mentality Album and they came out under Uncle Luke and Brother Marquees (2 Live Crew)

[@ctsmith9527]

Ice T and Big Daddy Kane came to my high school in Milwaukee when he dropped High Roller...shout out to the living legend OG Ice T and all his decades of success

[@MegaVern1]

I already know this is going to be a dope interview. I was introduced to Ice T when he dropped New Jack Hustla and I bought the OG album on cassette. Then he did Body Count and Home Invasion. Of course New Jack City. Got his book too. Salute to a true legend

[@lex23669]

Ice T definitely needs a podcast. Because this man can teach everyone on everything in life

[@zartanr6601]

This man is one of our gems, listen close and learn something, you'll live longer and better! OG ICE thanks!

[@normaespinoza9143]

Great interview, I loved IceT since I was a kid. ♥️

[@godbody8219]

Always Gone LIVE! Watched this interview earlier, it was Dope...I appreciate Ice-T and always like hearing him talk especially about his career and longevity

[@punanny123]

I'm a hardcore reggae man from way back and Ice-T was an integral part of my getting into hip-hop along with KRs-1 in the late 80s.

[@jakemay814]

Ice t was a star of a great movie where he plays a homela man given money by the risk and is hunted by them its called surviving the game

[@kingprince8011]

One of my favorite movies

[@jeraldmartinez5456]

That was a good movie

[@spiderpimp33]

Fact! That is actually my favorite Ice-T film followed by New Jack City and Trespass.

[@mauricemerriweather5011]

Fuck Yeah Still one of my favorites

[@nextlevel6663]

Surviving The Game is the title of that movie.

[@QCorleoneTopic]

I like how I never hear him mention Darlene ortiz but his name stay in her and the 5150 crew mouth TRUE LEGEND 💯💯

[@chellanekrukar4869]

EXACTLY!🥰🤣Magnetic rollers and Lottabody diluted. Another awesome setting lotion is "Infusium Leave in Treatment"

[@nross940]

My 86-year-old mother loved her some Ice T. She would say, "he's so cute!"

[@TheMotoboys1]

Dope Ass Interview With our Big Homie OG LA NATIVE ICE T! Good Shit! Thanks for this interview wish I was off to see you get your star!

[@darrylcanty8963]

Ice T is one of the best to ever did it

[@maknificent904]

Dope interview that's all I can say. Salute to the OG Ice T

[@patrickryan5011]

Ice-T was before my time, but even without having an intimate knowledge of his entertainment career, this has to be one of the best interviews I’ve ever listened to.

[@juniquedesigns9612]

Yes this was 1 of the top interview I've seen yeah...🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@KerwinYoungComposer]

Shout out to Brother Marquis!! That's my dude!!! He put me up on game waaaaay back in the day. This is a DOPE interview!!!!!

[@amillionbeats1]

Man - ice t is an amazing emcee and has such a dope voice . Peace to the OG . Always dropping gems and showed us how to keep it a 100 and be able to fluidly move throughout the culture.

[@BeauAmoureux]

This is a great interview! 😂 This video played automatically after the video I was watching ended. I was too busy to change the video. Ended up watching the whole interview. Whole time, I would’ve never chosen to watch this jawn. Salute to Ice T for being a cool-ass OG! 🫡

[@kokikalavera725]

One of the GOATS

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

Ice is always a good interview. And it's interesting that Mobb Deep is his favorite ( or most influental ) artist.

[@Djtoneforreal]

New jack city did it for me 🤔 love for ice t.salute👏

[@aboriginalunderground4958]

I was a breakdancer and I’m currently in a wheelchair part of the time. Lol Life hits how it hits!

[@sightsandsounds5354]

Get on that green juice and food diet!

[@tonysburgers7223]

Stay strong homie

[@co0ki3M0NstAr]

"You don't guide life you ride" That a great quote .... I mean essentially you can do some guiding of your life in a sense but I get what he's saying over all the things you can't control - u jus got learn to ride with it .... Loved ice tea shout out to him and his awesome family I got to meet him and Coco when they came to Milwaukee. He was so nice

[@SayManeFreddyHydroMane]

Original Ice T, Salute

[@PhoenixBlack_741]

It was great to see the OG Ice T for this interview. I’ve been listening to this man for too much years (lol) and the man has always had the same positive/player attributes. My first record I bought from him (showing my age now) was ‘Squeeze The Trigger’ and just was blown away from what I was hearing, although admittedly it was for the beat, but once I had it for myself I began to analyse the lyrics. And being from England, to hear what the man was speaking was soo profound: I couldn’t believe it. I became a fan instantly, went out and bought the album too. You know what done my head in? Is when I realised that he was the man rapping on stage at Radiotron!!! (If you know, you know) But great interview all the same, and much respects to you both! Bless up.

[@MegaVern1]

I remember Radiotron! He had all them spiked clothes on! Salute to the OG

[@TripleAceBoogie]

Shout out to tracy...ice T did my first video with ice.. breaking and entering 1983...happy for this cat! Congrats on your success..

[@keysharedd5710]

Love iceT and his personality.

[@rockyadams]

Ice T gets his flowers..a smart true legend ..

[@jojoarms2138]

The Amazing Thing about New Jack City it was written by Thomas Lee Wright and was originally going to be The Godfather 3 but was rejected,,so a change of citys tweek the story and predominantly Black Cast that represented, That Era and there you have it

[@unclemoneybags1022]

Interesting... never seen a godfather movie... makes me wanna watch'em too

[@michelledjoni]

I can listen to this man talk all day!

[@joandrahollis2511]

Greetings from Morocco 🇲🇦 You certainly deserve your flowers bro! Congratulations 🎊 🧊

[@yagirlafter5084]

This was a great interview 👏

[@jonm-gq5fg]

As an actor it was hard for me to book 1 line on a TV show. congrats on being the longest running actor! legend

[@nmarcus7233]

I dug up power years ago and became a fan from then. I appreciated Ice T more over time.

[@jdahighroller9389]

Ice T got so many quotes... ppl dont realize how important it is to respect those that came before you because they ARE you!

[@Jj-ty7qh]

I have a,ways said, Ice gives the best interviews. He is the exact antithesis of Jay Z. It never seizes to amaze me just how articulate and wise Ice is. For a man who hardly went to school and learnt all his learnt on the street it’s truly remarkable. It probably explains how he has survived and thrived this long right in the trenches. Dude got genius moves. This man’s IQ must be off the charts.

[@khrashingphantom9632]

Hardly went to school? He went to college AND was in the Army. Lol. Most successful rapper (especially in the "modern" era) have some college under their belts. But Ice-T IS very unique from his era in a LOT of different ways and his grind and movement and articulate ability are DAMN great. He's LEGENDARY for a reason. Lol.

[@Jj-ty7qh]

@@khrashingphantom9632 what college degree did he get?

[@TonyStarks1986]

What does Jay-Z have to do with your point?

[@Jj-ty7qh]

@@TonyStarks1986 if I have to explain it to you, you will not get it. Move on.

[@TonyStarks1986]

@@Jj-ty7qh how you tell someone that they won’t understand something if you explain it to them? That just means you are not good at explaining things lol wtf! YOU move on.

[@Romper86]

Ice knows the game of Chess... Out doing and out thinking your opponent and beating them at their own game... I love it!!

[@stevensmith6202]

Thank you big boy it's been a minute since I've heard Ice-T

[@AllEyezOnMeTMC]

LOOOVE HIM!! One of the realest OGs 👑❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@allentownp.a7637]

Legendary interview with one of the greatest

[@careerdevelopmentwithpamjordan]

What makes an interview great is when you practice active silence and let the guest speak. This was a great interview because active silence happened.

[@Ramblr]

I love that he just casually drops a "gang-banger rhyme" that totally murders. Dude is epic. OG tripple OG!

[@Romper86]

Thats is my words for now on..... "Some people hustle to be seen... Other's hustle to disappear..."

[@robertuhl8817]

I have much respect for Ice-T, after this interview.

[@abang4074]

These OG Oldschool cats dropped the freshest interview of the decade

[@kingaseone55]

Salute to the OG. Nothing but jewels dropped

[@dakotac180]

He's been on law and order all my life, that's all I knew he was until I was like 10 I found out he originally did music because my stepdad said he saw him at the outhouse in Kansas lol. He's been around for a long time.

[@gcinumuzimahlangu1492]

About to turn 65 wow.. he's looking very good for his age. OG sharing some serious wisdom🙏🏾

[@misslady5029]

Salute to Ice-T...what a classic interview with so much wisdom...looking good brother 😊!!!

[@Toast2thePpl]

Great interview! Been a fan since 6'N the Mornin from early 90's but of course we all know Ice most from Law & Order

[@metrometro9326]

6 in the morning came out in 1986

[@Toast2thePpl]

@@metrometro9326 true, but i didn't hear it til after 93. in 2023 it's still timeless.

[@DjSirSparx]

First off I want to say peace and love to you big boy and your TV broadcast neighborhood this has to be one of the best ever hip hop interviews ever in the world 🌍 much more success for a Big Boy's neighborhood word is bond ✌🏿💯

[@HowToLoseWeightDaily]

EVERYONE LOVES ICE-T--- I LOVE ICE-T👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@thomasmcrae40]

Ice T wonderful human being huge fan and Big Boy is a true inspiration. God bless you Brothers.

[@halbertdockinsjr.6542]

Amazing knowledge. The real OG letting us in his life and giving free game. Thank you!

[@fromtheinvisibledeskofmiked]

We love Ice T! Ice T is dope! You are Hollywood Star., connected alot great idea rhymers Syndicate, Def Jef, Everlast, Kid Frost, Tha Alkaholiks. Hen Gee and Evil e. Great Interview Big Boy!!

[@ericlonzo2247]

Big Boy I've been a fan of you and your platform for a while now. Respect and appreciate your hustle ..

[@truewordsworth8659]

Great to see a pioneer & one the black men who I thought was the definition of cool as a lil kid..this is what rappers aspire to be a true OG with street respect that evolved into a multi successful man in entertainment..🌹🌹🌹🌹✊🏿

[@mansamusah5428]

So much game and knowledge in one interview! Straight wisdom

[@kazayana7351]

Love some Ice-T .. i loved the show he and coco had ❤

[@eleanorgeorge5452]

Loved you in New Jack City ❤️

[@kkennedy5151]

Ice T the realist and the dopest period

[@QlifeXL]

This was a perfect interview!

[@tommydagun32]

Real OG Ice -T thanks Big Boy the truth!

[@UgandanAllstarTales]

ICONIC CONVERSATION

[@evastills7857]

I’m loving the interviews! The maturity of the questions is refreshing!

[@jackstephonski2421]

I love reading the comments of personal experiences people had with Ice T nobody has a bad thing to say which is a true testament to his character and the way of wise humble human being

[@TopKnoxMedia]

Amazing interview!! Awesome chemistry! Thank you!😃

[@PiPs__8]

I'm 30 years old.. Ice T taught me about colors before N.W.A. . The O G "original gangster "

[@abang4074]

The first album I ever bought was Rhyme Pays.

[@Tykingthe1]

The early demo of the album was called crime pays

[@Tykingthe1]

Alot of people don't know that

[@Tykingthe1]

He changed it at the last second and decided nah rhyme pays sounds cool 😎

[@Tykingthe1]

That's how it got the name rhyme pays

[@bensykes8265]

It would be nice if ICE could read this comment but what seems so dope about The God Rakim that you couldn't quite explain is when you heard it Ra was not "rapping" he was "Rhyming"something we had never heard before

[@ceejaii5318]

Legend. 🐐 of the West 👊🏾

[@kyledamron]

Ice T deserves a lot more credit for how diverse his music is and how much he's pioneered different styles, between one of the first west coast gangsta rapper, to his heavy metal stuff with Body Count. Ice T is the man