“My first scene on SVU… 23yrs ago.

Detective to Sergeant,” he wrote alongside them.

Naturally, then, playing a member of law enforcement on TV might seem contradictory to long-time fans.

Ice-T holds up his fist on the red carpet

As Ice explained, “I don’t have a problem with cops, I think they’re human …

Indeed, he’s brought much of that inner tussle to his portrayal of Fin.

“If I got to go, I want to go in a blaze of glory.

Ice-T holds up a finger on the red carpet

Blow me up in a car.

I want to be murdered!”

I could be over on [‘Criminal Intent’].”

Ice-T speaking onstage at an event

Fans can rest assured he has no plans to move on any time soon, though.

I call acting grown-up make-believe and that’s all it is."

As Ice explained, “So that’s what you’re really seeing.

It’s kinda like, if I was a cop, that’s how I’d act.”

After more than two decades on the show, the rapper is comfortable playing Fin.

It’s easy."