Ice-T was surprised to learn music video sets were 'fake' as young rapper

• Ice-T was shocked to discover everything on a music video set is "fake" as a young rapper. During an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday, the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actor recalled how he was stunned by the amount of artifice when he started making videos following the release of his debut album in 1987. "The biggest thing that surprised me about music was you could lie. I mean, I was watching music videos, I'm like, 'Oh, that's their house. That's their car.