In a recent interview with Variety, Hip-Hop legend, Ice-T explained exactly why he hasn't dropped a new solo album since 2006's Gangsta Rap.

"Hip-hop changed," he said simply. "The music got goofy to me. The kids started looking weird. It all turned into something I wasn’t comfortable with. There was a point where I was selling tons of records, then it cooled off. I felt a certain way. Then I realized Public Enemy, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane and Wu-Tang Clan weren’t selling records, either. There was a paradigm shift. These kids got softer, and soft is not something I’m able to give audiences. The first word in hip-hop is “hip” so how something stays hip for over 10 years is difficult."

Ice-T, who finally received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame earlier this month, did continue making music with his rock band, Body Count, however, dropping music as recently as 2020 with "Bum Rush." He says that although he's not in the market to make a solo album, he's content to continue presenting his Ice-T: Art of Rap shows, which he says is his "legacy hip-hop."

"Think of it like seeing Frank Sinatra," he said. "You want to hear the classics."

Recently, Pusha T gave the vet his flowers, explaining that Ice-T inspired his name. Pusha recalled the story of meeting Ice-T and having the opportunity to thank him for his influence. “I seen him standing outside of a hotel one day and I actually did tell him,” Pusha said, adding that he took the opportunity to give the rap legend his flowers. "Right then and there, I had to.” 

Ice-T saw the clip and responded. "Absolutely nothing but Respect to [Pusha T]. Love is love,” he tweeted, adding that Pusha is "one of the best to ever do it."

Check out one of Ice-T's classics below.