Rapper Ice-T: ‘LA is just a dangerous place’

Rapper Ice-T reacted to the death of fellow musician PnB Rock at a South Los Angeles Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles by expressing his frustration with LA gang culture and safety.

“People are still hitting me up about my comments about LA gang culture,” he posted to his Twitter.

“If you NOTICE, LA rappers don't wear a lotta jewelry. Me, Snoop, Cube, Dre, Game, Kendrick… the list goes on…”

“It's not because we're broke. LA is just a dangerous place, rapper or not. Why test the streets?”

PnB Rock, a Philadelphia artist who real name is Rakim Allen, was stalked to the Roscoe’s on Monday after his girlfriend posted the location and tagged the rapper in a now-deleted Instagram post.

Authorities confirmed PnB Rock was likely targeted because of a video he posted of himself wearing expensive jewelry on social media. The robber reportedly approached their table in broad daylight, shortly after 1 p.m., and demanded items from the victim. The attacker then opened fire at the rapper, killing him.

A custom diamond-encrusted chain was stolen, said authorities.

Ice-T addressed critics of his tweet in follow-ups.

To one user who shared an old photo of him in public wearing thick gold necklaces, Ice-T responded that it only for “certain occasions when you’re ready for whatever.”

“I have big jewelry too, but you don’t wake up every day and put it on to go down the block,” he wrote.

“As I said before, challenge the hood, somebody’s gonna catch that fade.”

The veteran musician also claimed that the death of fellow artist Tupac Shakur, better known as 2Pac, was connected to “the snatching of one of them chains.”

“’LA… Home of the Bodybag…’ Somebody said that 30 years ago,” Ice-T tweeted, referring to the first song on his 1991 album O.G. Original Gangster.

Los Angeles has seen a rise in gun violence and homicides, reports Fox 11. 36 homicides were reported in April 2022, compared to 21 from 2021 and 24 in 2020.