Ice-T

Ice-T's lyrical preoccupations (pimping, police brutality, thug life) are now the most clichéd motifs in hip-hop, but he was the first West Coast rap star to get those themes over to the massive record-buying public of Middle America. While he often wore the de rigueur gangsta uniform of ski cap and wifebeater T-shirt, Ice-T's lightish skin and flowing ponytail gave him a different look, and his u...