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Ice-T Praises the 'New Jack City' Stage Play: "It Was Fly"

Ice-T Praises the 'New Jack City' Stage Play: "It Was Fly"

Published Thu, December 22, 2022 at 12:07 PM EST

Ice-T took a minute to catch the stage play adaptation of the 1991 Mario Van Peebles' classic film, New Jack City, and praised the performances.

The stage adaptation, which began its run in late October, stars Allen Payne, who reprised his role from the film, as "Gee Money," Treach as "Nino Brown," Big Daddy Kane as "Stone" and actor Flex Alexander as "Pookie."

Ice-T who played detective Scotty Appleton in the film was impressed with the stage version and said he "really, really enjoyed it." "There were so many classic scenes," he told the cast backstage, including Payne. "It was fly."

In the years since it was released, New Jack City has been deemed a classic, ushering in a wave of thoughtful films about the infiltration of drugs into Black communities, and birthing a wave of pop culture sayings and references.

New Jack City Live is currently set to run through March.

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