Odafin Tutuola: Last News

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Ice T shut down a recent accusation that “Law & Order: SVU” has strayed too far from its origins and “started to go woke.” The rapper and actor has played detective Odafin Tutuola on the NBC crime procedural series since 2000, making him the show’s longest-serving male cast member. He’s currently in production on the show’s 26th season. A fan responded to an “SVU” set photo Ice T posted on X (formerly Twitter) by asking the star: “Did they write ‘SVU’ back to normal yet? It started to go woke.” “What the F is woke?” Ice T asked in a post that has gone viral with more than 4.5 million impressions and counting.

A.D. Amorosi In his lifetime, Tracy Marrow has been everything from a dancer and a DJ, to a thief and a weed dealer. Yet, from the minute Marrow became Ice-T, his renown developed and grew. Initially, being Ice-T meant becoming hip-hop’s most incendiary voice, a sinister avatar of the reality-rap style tagged by the press as “gangster” (along with his thrash metal band, Body Count). Equally famous was Ice-T’s gig as an actor-with-attitude in films such as “New Jack City” and — since 2000 — for television producer Dick Wolf’s police drama “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” as NYPD Detective Odafin Tutuola. Ice-T brings street cred to everything he does — including commercials. He beams with pride discussing his hood past and how its raw-knuckle spirit remains. Even seeing Ice-T riding a spin cycle, promoting Cheerios and heart health, is hardcore.  And it all starts with hip-hop. Despite its current state of musicality being — in his words, “goofy” — Ice-T is the soul of rap’s rough potency. To wit: his appearance on the Feb. 5 Grammy Awards in a star-studded tribute to hip-hop in honor of the genre’s 50th anniversary.

Mariska Hargitay and Ice-T stayed warm while filming scenes for Law and Order: SVU in New York City on Monday.Hargitay, 54, walked arm-in-arm with the 63-year-old actor/rapper — who's been her co-star for 23 years — during the cold nighttime shoot.It comes after the actress recently sent fans wild after her character, Detective Olivia Benson, finally revealed her feelings for her former partner Elliot Stabler during the mid-season finale of the popular series. Bundled up: Mariska Hargitay and Ice-T stayed warm while filming scenes for Law and Order: SVU in New York City on MondayHargitay and Ice-T braved the weather by wearing thick coats, as they filmed for the crime drama series, which is currently in its 24th season and is the longest-running primetime U.S.

Law & Order: SVU star Ice-T has shared his heartbreak after learning of the sudden death of his friend and fellow rapper Coolio.MORE: Is Law & Order: SVU star Ice-T leaving the show? Here's what we knowThe actor – who plays Sergeant Odafin Tutuola – took to Twitter shortly after the news of Coolio's death was revealed on Wednesday. The late rapper died aged 59 from a suspected cardiac arrest, although a cause of death has not yet been determined.WATCH: Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay shares health update following horror injuryIce-T first shared his disbelief, retweeting a news post and captioning it: "Holly [expletive]!!! I was just talking to him two weeks ago! He was performing in Europe...

Few Hollywood stars are as multi-talented as Ice-T is. The 63-year-old is best known for his successful rapping career, which includes eight solo albums and seven albums with the heavy metal band Body Count. Ice-T (real name Tracy Lauren Marrow) is also a songwriter and producer— plus he’s been acting as NYPD Detective/Sergeant Odafin Tutuola in Law & Order: SVU since 2000. But Ice-T’s most cherished job of all is being a father to his three children.

Ice-T is opening up about his hit NBC series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.