In 2011, Ice-T repeated in his autobiography that Schoolly D was his inspiration for gangsta rap. It wasn't about messages or "You Must Learn", it was about gangsterism. At the same time my single came out, Boogie Down Productions hit with Criminal Minded, which was a gangster-based album. I took that and wrote a record about guns, beating people down and all that with "6 in the Mornin'". one by one, I'm knockin' em out." All he did was represent a gang on his record. That was the only difference, when Schoolly did it, it was ". was talking about Park Side Killers but it was very vague. My record didn't sound like P.S.K., but I liked the way he was flowing with it. When I heard that record I was like "Oh shit!" and call it a bite or what you will but I dug that record. Here's the exact chronological order of what really went down: The first record that came out along those lines was Schoolly D's " P.S.K." Then the syncopation of that rap was used by me when I made "6 in the Mornin'". In an interview with PROPS magazine, Ice-T said: Ice-T had been MCing since the early '80s, but first turned to gangsta rap themes after being influenced by Philadelphia rapper Schoolly D and his 1985 album Schoolly D. In 1986, Ice-T released " 6 in the Mornin'", which is often regarded as the first gangsta rap song. As a teenager, he moved to Los Angeles where he rose to prominence in the West Coast hip hop scene. Ice-T, was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1958.