claim: Ice-T was a rapper.
evidence: Tracy Lauren Marrow -LRB- born February 16 , 1958 -RRB- , better known by his stage name Ice-T , is an American rapper , metal vocalist and actor .. stage name. stage name. rapper. rapping. He began his career as a rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987 , when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays , one of the first hip-hop albums to carry an explicit content sticker .. Sire. Sire Records. rapper. rapping. Sire Records. Sire Records. Rhyme Pays. Rhyme Pays. explicit content sticker. Parental Advisory. The next year , he founded the record label Rhyme $ yndicate Records -LRB- named after his collective of fellow hip-hop artists called the ` Rhyme $ yndicate ' -RRB- and released another album , Power .. Power. Power ( Ice-T album ). He co-founded the heavy metal band Body Count , which he introduced in his 1991 album O.G.  : Original Gangster .. heavy metal. heavy metal music. Body Count. Body Count. Body Count released its self-titled debut album in 1992 .. Body Count. Body Count. self-titled debut album. Body Count ( album ). Ice-T encountered controversy over his track `` Cop Killer '' , which was perceived to glamorize killing police officers .. Cop Killer. Cop Killer ( song ). Ice-T asked to be released from his contract with Warner Bros. .. Records , and his next solo album , Home Invasion , was released later in February 1993 through Priority Records .. Priority. Priority Records. Home Invasion. Home Invasion ( album ). Priority Records. Priority Records. Body Count 's next album was released in 1994 , and Ice-T released two more albums in the late 1990s .. Body Count. Body Count. next album. Born Dead. Since 2000 , he has portrayed NYPD Detective / Sergeant Odafin Tutuola on the NBC police drama Law & Order  : Special Victims Unit .. NYPD. NYPD. Odafin Tutuola. Fin Tutuola. NBC. NBC. On August 1 , 2006 the fourth Body Count album Murder 4 Hire was released , then Manslaughter on June 10 , 2014 and followed by Bloodlust on March 31st , 2017 .. Body Count. Body Count. Murder 4 Hire. Murder 4 Hire. Manslaughter. Manslaughter ( album )