"What I learned from Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy is that they're real people, and they'll be like that until they die": Ice-T on his heroes and the music he loves most

Ice-T studio portrait.

Uncompromising American rapper Tracy Marrow, aka Ice-T, grew up on soul and R&B. Orphaned at age 12 and adopted by his aunt, he was introduced to rock music by his cousin.

Last year, Ice’s metal band Body Count released their blistering eighth album, Merciless, complete with an epic David Gilmour contribution to their reworking of Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb.