Ice-T got stopped by the NYPD. The famed rapper was arrested in Manhattan early Tuesday for driving with expired auto insurance, police said.The hip-hop pioneer, who stars in "Law & Order: SVU," was pulled over at the corner of W. 40th St. and 11th Ave. at 9 a.m. for not wearing a seatbelt, police said.
When cops stopped Ice-T's 2009 Cadillac sedan near the Lincoln Tunnel , they learned that his insurance had lapsed, police said.
Ice-T immediately began arguing with the cop who pulled him over, according to police sources.
"He got nasty right away, saying, 'What the f--k, why are you guys picking on me?'" the police source said.
An incredulous Ice-T kept asking, "Why are you guys stopping me for bulls--t?"
The cops found two insurance-related lapses and charged the rapper at the 10th Precinct in Chelsea, police said.
In the hours after the arrest, Ice-T, 52, whose real name is Tracy Morrow, lashed out on Twitter against the cops who collared him.
"Some punk b---h rookie cop made the arrest of his bulls--t career today arresting the Notorious Ice T for no seatbelt," the rapper wrote.
"He said 'I know who you are and I don't give a f--k!'" Ice-T tweeted. "That was right after I called him a punk b---h."
The rapper, who also complained that the arrest made national news within minutes, said he was released from the precinct in under 30 minutes. He tweeted that he and his wife, Coco, were taking their dog to the vet when they were pulled over.
His license was valid, according to a spokesman for New Jersy's Department of Motor Vehicles.
Ice-T's biggest hit was the incendiary 1992 song "Cop Killer," which glamorized murdering police officers.
He joined the Law & Order cast - in which he plays a NYPD detective - in 2000.
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