Ice-T has made it clear that just because he’s worth millions upon millions of dollars, doesn’t mean he’s too good to eat at chain restaurants such as Denny’s and IHop.
During a recent sit-down with Drink Champs, the West Coast icon started by confessing to both N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN that he still shops at Target. From there, Ice-T talked about eating at both establishments and having no issue with it.
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“Yeah we still shop at Target. We at Target,” he said. “Muthafuckas think at some point, humans leave the planet. Like, we don’t eat at Taco Bell or like, muthafuckas will be like, ‘He goes to Target.’ Like what the fuck, if you need Target shit! Where do you go if you need Target type shit?!”
He added: “One time. Somebody say, ‘Yo, you eat at Denny’s? You eat at iHop?’ I’m like, ‘Is there a Gucci egg I’m missing?’ Is it some egg, some place, I don’t know what the fuck I’m supposed to do for breakfast. An egg is a fucking egg.”
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While Ice-T has no problem with Denny’s and IHop, he also didn’t mind breaking down playing a cop on the silver screen.and being a gangsta in real life.
In another part of the Drink Champs interview, Ice-T talked about acting and the contrast between some of the roles he’s taken on and the life he’s lived.
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In 1991, the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoree dropped his career-defining LP, O.G. Original Gangster, at the peak of his gangsta rap phase. That same year, he played a New York City detective in the iconic action thriller, New Jack City. Though the polarity of his public persona confused many, Ice-T maintains that both roles aren’t at all different.
“Playing a cop and playing a gangsta is the exact same acting,” he explained. “We both got a gun, we both got an attitude, we both want answers or there will be a consequence.”
The Body Count frontman also explained how he was hesitant about taking on the role of a policeman, but those around him were supportive of seizing the opportunity. From there, his acting career took off and it has now become his primary craft.
“I was scared — I thought, like I said, it was career suicide,” Ice-T said. “But then I got all my people saying, ‘Man this is a chance.’ There’s no studying, you just act. Acting is make-believe … just act.”
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He added: “We all had enough experience with the cops, you can act like a cop. Like when I’m on Law & Order, right before I do the scene, I just go, ‘Asshole, asshole, asshole, asshole,’ [pointing at himself] and then I talk down to you.”
