‘Love to See That’: Ice-T Reunites With Son Tracey Marrow Jr. One Year After His Son’s Emotional Message About Their Family Rift

Ice-T’s son, Tracy Marrow Jr., appears to be relatively close to his father. The 34-year-old’s page is flooded with images of his dad and his 11-year-old baby sister Chanel Nicole Marrow.

The two have shared the stage on multiple occasions as part of Ice-T’s metal band, Body Count.

But when Ice-T isn’t making music or being a dad, he’s helping others stay safe as tough-guy Detective Odafin “Fin” Tutuola on “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.”

Ice-T’s son surprises him on “Law & Order: SVU” set to celebrate 600th episode. (Photos: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images, @iceemarrow/IG)

Marrow Jr. was 8 when his dad took on the role in 2000. Though his screen time has dwindled after 26 seasons, Ice-T still celebrates the show’s major triumphs. 

This week, he and his co-stars Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni got together to celebrate “SVU” reaching its 600th episode. 

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The moment felt even more special with Marrow Jr. being on set. On Sept. 29, Ice-T posted images of his son reuniting with some of the “Law and Order: SVU” cast. 

The first image in the two-slide carousel shows Marrow Jr. smiling as he stands between Hargitay and Meloni. Showrunner Dick Wolf was seated in front of them. Ice-T is not in the shot.

It’s clear the photo was a screenshot from Marrow Jr.’s page as there was a caption written on the photo from Marrow Jr. that reads, “Beyond grateful for lastnight I haven’t seen my SVU family in years.”

He added, “Congratulations on 600 episodes…Legends.”

In the second slide, Ice-T was present in a larger group photo with his son.

Co-stars like Kelli Giddish, who plays Amanda Rollins; Peter Scanavino, who is ADA Dominick “Sonny” Carisi Jr.; Corey Cott, who plays Detective Jake Griffin; Kevin Kane, whose character is Detective Terry Bruno; and Aimé Donna Kelly, the show’s Captain Renee Curry, joined in another image.

Ice-T added his own caption to the post: “My son @iceemarrow got to hang out yesterday with the whole cast as we celebrated our 600th SVU episode! Dick Wolf said ‘This has never been done… And will never be done again.’ Thanks to all our Fans! Season28 Premiers Oct 8th @wolfentertainment.”

One fan who could see the resemblance said, “Ice T son literally looks more like Ice T than Ice T looks like himself the genes are incredibly strong.”

Another person who also thought they looked similar wrote, “I love this so much and your son looks like your twin.”

Someone else celebrating their bond commented, “Super dope!! Love to see that father & son bond, which you’ve had with LiL Ice since day uno. Luv it, & congrats.”

Marrow Jr. was born in November 1991 during Ice-T’s relationship with ex-girlfriend Darlene Ortiz.

It’s been over a year since the rapper’s son opened up about reconnecting with his father following an opioid addiction.

Last year for Father’s Day, he made a heartfelt post dedicated to Ice-T, which included old images of the father-son duo. 

The carousel featured pictures of Ice-T holding and bottle-feeding Marrow Jr. as a baby, pictures of them out exploring nature, and more.

Marrow Jr. explained in the caption why he felt emotional when it reflecting on his father’s support.

He said, “Today gets me emotional thinking about how much my pops has had my back for the longest time I was hiding from my family my opioid addiction because I didn’t want to let them down but realized letting them down would be dying.”

Marrow Jr. went on to show his father gratitude, “for saving my life, not judging me and putting me in the best rehab money could buy.”

He also promised to never go back to that life before thanking his dad once more. 

In addition to Marrow Jr., Ice-T shares an older child, 50-year-old LeTesha Marrow, with a high school girlfriend. He has a younger daughter, Chanel Nicole, with his wife Coco Austin, 47. 

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