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" I'll never sell 14 million like Hammer, I just wanna do a good Ice-T show. "

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" You have to come in on a professional level to make it, otherwise you just can't get into rap. "

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" My father was a dark-skinned brother, but my mother was a very fair-skinned lady. From what I understand, she was Creole; we think her people originally came from New Orleans. She looked almost like a white woman, which meant she could pass - as folks used to say back then. Her hair was jet-black. She was slim and very attractive. "

" Oh man, nobody is as tough as Mr T. Ice T is pretty tough though as well. "

" I'm just disillusioned with the hip-hop sound right now. It's too materialistic. You know, I'm the kind of guy ... I can't do that. If you track my movement, you'll never see a picture of me with any girl that wasn't mine, or my own car. My jewelry, my clothes. What kind of gangsta rapper has a stylist? A stylist?! "

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" As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you; to take the role and make it real. "

" I ain't got no beef with east coast, I think it's just being hyped up. "

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" A lot of the younger kids now can rap, but they're scared of the crowd. Mastery of that stage is an MC. I don't know if you've seen any great MCs on stage but when you do it's like wow, this is more than the words to rhymes. "

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" If somebody wants to kill people, they don't need a gun to do it. "

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