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Split decision : life stories / Ice-T and Spike and Douglas Century.

Ice-T (Musician), (author.). Spike, 1962- (author.). Century, Douglas, (author.).

Summary:
"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.

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.
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.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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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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