Ice T records D & D audio book.

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**reds8n**

.. so this is, apparently, a thing. Soon.

This is the world we've made.

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/02/ice-t-records-dungeons-dragons-audiobook.html

He survived the streets to co-invent gangsta rap, faced down a president or two angry at his song Cop Killer and dropped some of the dopest slang in rap history. But now rapper/actor Ice T says he has met his match: trying to nail geek-speak for a Dungeons & Dragons audiobook.

Call it the O.G. versus D&D.

In a hilarious—and very NSFW—new episode of his hit Ice T’s Final Level Podcast, Ice describes how he stumbled into the audiobook gig and found his tongue in knots by fantasy slang. Ice T, whose current day job is reading dialogue from his Law & Order: SVU scripts, had no idea he’d be recording a novel based on the classic roleplaying game.

“They didn’t tell me this was a melopnfarming Dungeons & Dragons book,” Ice says, explaining to partner Mick Benzo that D&D is “some of the most crazy, deep, deep nerd gak.”

“melon-fethers talk like Yoda,” Ice T marvels.

“They were talking about ‘pegasuses’ and ‘pegasi.’ That’s horses with wings,” he continues. “This melon-fether got a sword that talks to him… melon-fethers live in places that don’t exist, and it comes with a map. My God.”

It took Ice three-and-a-half hours to record 25 pages of the book, whose title he does not reveal. But, he added, he will slay the fantasy-lingo dragon and let fans know when the audiobook goes on sale.

“It’ll be a treat to watch me, with my South Central-educated ass, trying to read some Dungeons & Dragons gak,” he promises.

An author in his own right—he’s penned a couple of memoirs—Ice T is set to drop a new album this year with his metal band Body Count. In his podcast, he makes it clear he’s an audiobook fan.

“Considering the way music is right now, you’re better off listening to a book,” he opines. “Honestly, it’s more entertaining.”

I have to hear this as/when.

**SkavenLord**

Okay, this I've got to hear.

**pretre**

That's awesome!

**dementedwombat**

Heh..."melon-fether"... that's going into my vocabulary.

**kronk**

“Considering the way music is right now, you’re better off listening to a book,” he opines. “Honestly, it’s more entertaining.”

I'm amused by this statement, and would listen to this Audio book.

**reds8n**

http://kotaku.com/ice-t-doesnt-hate-d-d-guys-hes-a-talking-sword-1524886845

The hip-hop icon has another episode of his Final Level podcast coming up and he expounds even more on the unexpected experience of having to give voice to a bunch of fantasy characters. The man also known as Tracy Marrow did all the characters in the book in question, including three women, a talking sword and D&D fan favorite dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden.

.. he .... he does Drizzt ?!