Josh Groban

It also ran as a Great Performances special on PBS. Another TV series that features Ice T is "Players". On November 30, 2004, his second live DVD, Live at the Greek, was released. As for more current/recent acting engagements, Ice-T plays a police officer on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Both of Groban's albums were produced by David Foster, released under Foster's 143 Records and distributed by Warner Music. He also wrote a song for the soundtrack of the latter. On November 11, 2003, his second album Closer was released. He has also appeared in films such as "R'Xmas" by Abel Ferrara and "Tank Girl".

The following month, he performed "To Where You Are" and "The Prayer" at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, and joined The Corrs, Ronan Keating, Sting, Lionel Richie and others for a holiday performance at the Vatican in Rome. Ice T did a notable lead role performance in Surviving the Game (http://imdb.com/title/tt0111323/) in distinction to his many supporting roles. On February 24, 2002, Groban performed "The Prayer" with Charlotte Church at the closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics, and in November, Groban had his own PBS special Josh Groban In Concert (2002). Many other films followed. On November 20, 2001, his self-titled debut album Josh Groban was released and over the next year, his album went from gold to double-platinum. In 1991, he embarked onto a serious acting career, playing a police detective in Mario Van Peebles' film "New Jack City". The character of Malcolm Wyatt was so popular that Groban was asked to come back the next season to reprise his role. He debuted as a rapper in the films "Breakin'" and "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" in 1984, only two years after his first 12" ("The Coldest Rap", 1982) appeared.

Kelley had been impressed at the 1999 Gray Davis inauguration and based on the audience reaction to Groban's singing, Kelley wrote a similar scene in this finale. This IMDb page (http://imdb.com/name/nm0001384/) details his acting engagements. The series creator David E. Ice-T is also a successful actor. In May 2001, Groban played the role of Malcolm Wyatt in the season finale of the television series Ally McBeal, performing "You're Still You" and "To Where You Are" from his debut album. A DVD was followed by a CD called "Repossession" in 2004. He performed with Sarah Brightman on her 2000-2001 La Luna Tour, and made his recording debut by singing "For Always" with Lara Fabian on the movie soundtrack to A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001). More recently, Ice T teamed up with east coast rappers Smoothe Da Hustler and Trigger The Gambler, establishing a new group called SMG.

Records through Foster's own 143 Records imprint. The same year also brought Ice-T's Greatest Hits: The Evidence. Accepted into the theater department at Carnegie Mellon University, Groban left after his freshman year, when he was offered a recording contract at Warner Bros. In the year 2000, Ice teamed up with East Coast pioneer Kool Keith from the Ultramagnetic MCs to form the Analog Brothers - a very successful (at least artistically) experiment. Groban worked for Foster as a rehearsal singer on a series of high-profile events, including the 1999 Grammy Awards -- where, as a stand-in for Andrea Bocelli, he rehearsed Foster's "The Prayer" with Céline Dion -- and the January 1999 inauguration of Gray Davis as governor of California. In both cases, the music was updated while not breaking any new ground. In late 1998, the 17-year-old Groban was introduced by his vocal coach to Grammy-winning producer/arranger David Foster. His 7th Deadly Sin (1999), one of the first records to be distributed via mp3 before appearing in record stores, continued in this vein.

In 1997 and 1998, Groban attended the Interlochen Arts Program, majoring in musical theater. On VI - Return of the Real, Ice returned to his gangster rap roots. Known for his unique low-tenor voice and good looks, his musical style ranges from classical to pop. Virgin Records released his next album Home Invasion (1993), an album with many political raps as well as featuring a new female rapper named Grip and Ice's DJ Evil E as a rapper. Joshua Winslow Groban (born February 27, 1981 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer. Ice was also the lead singer/shouter of his metal band Body Count and made a song called "Cop Killer" in 1992, eventually causing Warner Brothers to drop Ice. Listen to You Raise Me Up (Opens in Windows Media Player) (http://www.warnerreprise.com/asx/joshgroban_youraisemeup_audio_128-a.asx). In 1991, Ice's fourth album, Original Gangster, came out; including raps about child abuse and drunk driving as well as the theme song from the movie New Jack City by Mario Van Peebles, the movie that re-launched Ice's career as an actor.

Official Josh Groban Website (http://www.joshgroban.com). Seymour Stein called him "the Bob Dylan of rap." On "Freedom of Speech" Ice T attacked Tipper Gore for introducing the Parental Advisory sticker. IMDb.com profile: Josh Groban (http://imdb.com/name/nm1169011/). As the title of this third album suggests, Ice T was from the start not only a gangster rapper - he was one of the driving forces behind the new style - but also a political rapper. Just watch what you say. Ice T went on to work with Afrika Islam, the man behind the beats on 1987s Rhyme Pays, 1988s Power and 1989s The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech..