Metal Hammer UK

At home with Ice T

Talk into Ice T’s house and you are immediately greeted by a breathtaking oil painting of his wife Coco, lying naked with her back arched, tendrils of red fabric strategically placed. Across the narrow entranceway, there’s a portrait of the couple’s late bulldog Spartacus, the animal that co-starred on their reality show, Ice Loves Coco, which ran for three seasons from June 2011 to January 2013.

A narrow staircase leads up to the first floor where Coco invites us in and offers us drinks. Dressed in a skin-tight beige top, camouflage pants and sporting pink-red hair, she’s as much a celebrity as her husband. Standing next to Coco is the couple’s adorable four-year-old daughter, Chanel. A minute later, Ice strides into the living room wearing a black baseball cap, a hoodie, sweatpants and untied white Nike high-top sneakers. After a few minutes of small talk with Coco, about the neighbourhood and the modern architecture of their house, Ice tactfully injects himself into the conversation. “This

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