Ice-T: Rapper, Actor...Novelist

Over the last two decades, hardcore gangster rapper Ice-T parlayed his music career into a successful acting career. But as the latter grew, his iconic status as a threat to society quickly diminished. Now that heâ??s mostly known as a detective on the procedural Law & Order: SVU, and as a minor reality-TV star, it makes sense that heâ??d look to reestablish himself as a gangster, albeit a cultured one.