Darlene Ortiz reflects on Ice T‘s Power album cover during an interview with allhiphop.com.
“I look back at that picture and think, ‘Girlfriend, you have no idea what’s getting ready to unfold after that,’” says Ortiz, who had a long-term relationship with Ice T, during the interview. “I was just happy to represent and do for my man what we were both intending to do which was to help out his career.
The album art inspired the cover of Ortiz’s THE DEFINITION OF DOWN:My Life with Ice T and the Birth of Hip Hop book, which was released in November.
Although Ortiz sported a revealing swimsuit on the cover of Power, she says people have to remember what the album signified.
“People forget – especially when they see my solo picture – underneath our three poses it says ‘Power,’” she says. “People forget that’s what it was representing. I’m very proud. It’s going to be 28 years in 2016 from when that album cover came out.”
Given the way the album cover is revered, it has made its way to other platforms.
“My godson bought a skateboard that had the image on it,” Ortiz says. “We thought he was just going to keep it in his room. Then he got busted for taking it to school. He’s asking, ‘What’s wrong? This is my godmomma ‘ I can’t wait to share that [picture] with my grandbabies in the future like, ‘This was your grandma.’”
Below are images of Ice T’s Power album and Ortiz’s THE DEFINITION OF DOWN:My Life with Ice T and the Birth of Hip Hop book.
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Lmaooo AGREED
What kind of parent lets a kid buy a skateboard with that image?
Shut da fuk up i bet ya kids hate ya azz cuz i do damn n tey live witcha u juz a piece shit do u even got kids u probably felt them up u fukn sicko,fuk u,ur momz,ya daddy,ya dog,n mozt important fuk ya dumb azz kids tey gone b a piece of shit juz like u,son of a bitch
Damn call it like i see i really want u im sorry for typin those mean things to u i just was frustrated from trying to hide my apparent homosexuality truth is i fantasize about 50 cent and u runnin a train on me while my dog watches
I dont like your daughter bitch…ever since I saw the lil hoe…niggaz knockin on my mutha fckin doe
I would still murder that bitchs pussy. On the real. Now off to rap… Ice-T is one of the most underrated rappers ever; his first four albums are fierce
Nigga shut up fukr,ill kill ya boy pussc u soft az fuk nigga,fuk u n ice t bitch nigga,if u like diz fuk az nigga ull fuk az nigga 2 punk azz hoe????
Come kill this boy butt daddy
I will how wide is dat wet boy pussc,how much dick can u eat,ill fuk u n master p at da same time,oh yea brin ya mama witcha????
No women im strickly dickly yummy
Such a classic album cover.
how yall not the back cover
I’d slay that bikini if I wore it and become the envy of every queen at the gay pride parade whoot whoot