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BY ALICIA CRUZ
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
Concerned that Newark born actor, Ice T would be too much of a distraction, a New Jersey judge dismissed the "Law & Order SVU" star from jury duty Tuesday. That was just fine with the rapper turned actor. As he sat in the jury pool for six hours, he told all 140,056 of his Twitter followers how he wore his "body Count" T-shirt, a doo-rag and gold grill with the hope that he might be excused from the dreaded civic duty. On Sept. 27 tweeted:
“Sitting on JURY DUTY in NJ. How many ways can I say THIS SUCKS.. Everyone says the judge can’t possibly choose you… But I’m here for now.”
“I wore my ‘Body Count’ T shirt.. We’ll see…”
“I also wore a doo rag and a gold grill.. We’ll see…”
Moments later, Ice T, whose real name is Tracy Marrow, tweeted he was dismissed from the first court, only to have his name placed in another pool. Twitter follower, AwesomeAdamUK left the "New Jack City" actor a tweet "apologizing" for having to follow Marrow around all day in court, but said it was nice to meet him:
RT@AwesomeAdamUK: sorry I had to follow you around all day but it was my assignment for the day nice to meet u/My courthouse security.
In addition to tweeting about his jury duty adventure, the former Sire Records artist spent the day playing cell phone games and napping, according to Gothamist.com.Moments after Morrow tweeted that he had reached level 50 on cell phone game, HORDE GOW3 on Monday, his Twitter feed read:
“Ok… The released me from Jury Duty because they felt I would be a ‘distraction’ at any trial… I’m cool with that. Mooovin.
Marrow told an NPR.org reporter that he left Newark after the death of his father and moved to Los Angeles to live with an aunt during the 7th grade. He served four years in the United States Army after graduating from Crenshaw High School.
In 1992, his release of Cop Killer," a track from his "Body Count" album drew scathing protest from then-President George H.W. Bush, then-Vice President Dan Quayle and Parents Music Resource Center co-founder, Tipper Gore who believed the song promoted the killing of police officers. Marrow later chose to pull the album and re-release it without the controversial track.
His acting career began in 1984 with a roles in, "Breakin'" as "Rap Talker" followed by another role in its 1985 sequel, "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo." Parts in major flicks "New Jack City," "Ricochet" (opposite Denzel Washington and John Lithgow) and "Surviving the Game," where Marrow played the role of thief Jack Mason secured the 53-year-old's place as a serious actor. In June, the married father of two, known to friends as "Trey," renewed his Law & Order: Special Victims Unit contract with NBC for another two years. Marrow, who has portrayed NYPD Detective Odafin “Fin” Tutuola on the series for 11 years, is currently filming Episode #5 of the police dramas new season in Harlem.
