Ice-T is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Ice-T was on cloud nine on Tuesday as he celebrated the news that he would be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The legendary rapper-turned-actor wrote that it was a trip to receive the honor after it was reported in a tweet by Variety.

The 64-year-old Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star (real name: Tracy Marrow) joked that getting the star was almost unthinkable after his run-ins with the law years earlier.

'When I think about how many times I got arrested in Hollywood.... This is a trip,' he wrote, adding a diamond emoji.

According to the Hollywood Walk of Fame website, Ice-T will be in the company of another rap legend, Public Enemy's Chuck D, as he gives one of the guest speeches.

Ice-T's second career as an in-demand actor will also be honored, as his SVU costar Mariska Hargitay and Law & Order franchise creator Dick Wolf will also be singing his praises for the crowd.

Emceeing the event will be Lupita Sanchez Cornejo, who is the chair of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

The musician's star will be unveiled on February 17, with the ceremony starting at 11 a.m. at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, making it the 2,747th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Although Ice-T has been better known in recent years for his acting, especially on the long-running police procedural series, he will be honored in the recording category for his influential musical contributions.

After rising up out of the mainstream throughout the 1980s, the rapper released his debut Rhyme Pays in 1987, and followed it up with the Top 40 album Power the following year.

With 1991's even more successful O.G., he introduced his new band Body Count on one track, before release a debut LP with the group the following year.

Ice-T front the group, which combined his rap stylings with heavy metal, a subgenre he was a fan of.

The band was an influential part of hip-hop's merger with other genres as it became more mainstream.