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Split decision : life stories / Ice-T and Spike and Douglas Century.
"Ice-T rose to fame in the late 1980s, earning acclaim for his music before going on to capture television audiences as Odafin "Fin" Tutuola in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit​. But it could have gone much differently. In this gripping and candid memoir, Ice-T and Spike, his former crime partner--collaborating with New York Times bestselling author Douglas Century--relate the shocking stories of their shared pasts, and how just a handful of decisions led to their incredibly different lives. Both grew up in violent, gang-controlled Los Angeles neighborhoods and worked together to orchestrate a series of jewelry heists in LA and across the US. But while Ice-T was discovered rapping in a club and got his first record deal, Spike was caught for a jewel robbery and did three years in prison. As his music career began to take off, Ice made the decision to leave the criminal life; Spike continued to plan increasingly ingenious and risky jewel heists. And in 1992, after one of Spike's robberies ended tragically, he was sentenced to thirty-five years to life. While he sat behind bars, he watched his former partner rise to fame in music, movies, and television. Harrowing, timely, and thoughtful, two men with two very different lives reveal how their paths might have very well been reversed if they made different choices. All it took was a Split Decision."
"Award-winning actor, rapper, and producer Ice-T unveils a compelling and astonishing memoir of his early life robbing jewelry stores until he found fame and fortune-while a handful of bad choices sent his former crime partner down an incredibly different path"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982148775
- ISBN: 1982148772
- ISBN: 9781982148782
- ISBN: 1982148780
- Physical Description: v, 295 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Don't hate the playa -- Cold wind madness -- 6 'n the mornin' -- The syndicate -- High rollers -- New Jack hustler -- Body count -- The fall -- Bowels of the devil -- The weight -- My mother's son -- A lick for my life -- Epilogue: Split decision. |
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| Subject: | Ice-T (Musician) Spike, 1962- Rap musicians > United States > Biography. Gangsters > California > Los Angeles > Biography. Gangsters > Californie > Los Angeles > Biographies. |
| Genre: | Autobiography. Autobiographies. |
Available copies
- 14 of 14 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albright Memorial Library | 920 ICET (Text) | 50686016200607 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Altoona Area Public Library | 782.42164 ICE (Text) | 33240005145357 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cambria County Library | 782.4216 I155s (Text) | 85131001838540 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Coudersport Public Library | B ICE-T & SPIKE (Text) | 30183000964567 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Dillsburg Area Public Library | Adults Ice-T Biography (Text) | 34001001419793 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Dover Area Community Library | Adults Ice-T Biography (Text) | 34217000894600 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Martin Library | Adults 782.42 ICE Life Times (Text) | 33454005876321 | 2nd Floor | Available | - |
| New Castle Public Library | Biog. Ice-T (Text) | 31902005464094 | NWCM Biography | Available | - |
| Parkland Community Library | 782.4216 ICE (Text) | 34422007269646 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Reading Public Library RPL - Main | 782.421649 Ice (Text) | 33223008937277 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
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