Some younger followers of hip-hop might find this hard to believe but, at one point in time, Ice-T was one of the most feared musicians on the planet. Matter of fact, the government supposedly began to monitor the rapper after the release of his single 'Cop Killer' which many non-listeners of hip-hop misconstrued as the glamorization of police murders. But with the controversy, the dollars came in and he was able to record one of the greatest movie theme songs of all-time for the movie Colors.
These days, Ice-T is considered one of the godfathers of hip-hop and even plays a cop himself on the highly popularized crime drama television series, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. The once gangsta rapper also played a cop in the notorious hood classic film, New Jack City. Talk about a 180.