Tuesday, January 07, 2025

Ice-T Got The Ticket!

Still a boss.

The media mogul, rapper and actor was pulled over in New Jersey. He had an encounter with a police officer and the legendary rapper where both parties elevated way more than expected.

Many are calling out the entertainer for promoting Car Shield while having no valid license or registration on his vehicle.

Ice-T, perhaps best known for his role on Law & Order: SVU and the movie New Jack City is also the rapper who led the rock group Body Count. The group was best known for "Cop Killa" which led to Joe Lieberman, Tipper Gore and C. Delores Tucker to protest rap music. It also led to Al Gore losing his 2020 election also.

Ice-T was issued four tickets after he was pulled over in New Jersey.

Born Tracy Morrow, 66, Ice-T is active in both hip hop and heavy metal. Ice-T began his career as an underground rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays. 

The cop pulled him over for not having a front plate.

The following year, he founded the record label Rhyme $yndicate Records (named after his collective of fellow hip-hop artists called the "Rhyme $yndicate") and released another album, Power (1988), which would go platinum. He also released several other albums that went gold, including The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say! (1989), O.G. Original Gangster (1991) and Home Invasion (1993).

Ice-T is married to model/media personality Coco Austin.

The cop was a dickhead and I got to agree with with Ice-T on that one.

It was elevated the moment the rapper questioned why he was pulled over as he was heading to the Department of Motor Vehicles registration to fix an issue with his license and vehicle registration.

Bodycam footage of the 2024 traffic stop has made its way online, and it proves that Ice is not afraid to speak his mind to the police. In the video, which you can see below, the Law & Order: SVU actor is initially pulled over in one of his vehicles because he does not have a front license plate.

Getting pulled over is frustrating. Especially when you try to reason with a dickhead cop.

In New Jersey, a vehicle must have two license plates. Most states have abandoned the two plates on vehicle rule. If you have been pulled over in New Jersey for that and you're from another state, it could be a warning.

But if you're Black, it may result in the New Jersey police officer wanting to conduct a search or a potential confrontation which results in arrest.

Ice-T asked for a supervisor and it led to the cop threatening to tow the vehicle. The supervisor managed to deescalate the situation. The cop issued the tickets and allowed Ice to park.

The video went viral and many sided with the cop.

I side with Ice on this. The situation was escalated when the cop demanded to search his vehicle which Ice declined. The cop did have an ego and lied about why the rapper got confrontational.

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