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Ice-T's Rap School

Ice-T's Rap School is a reality television show on VH1. It is a spin-off of the British reality show Gene Simmons' Rock School, which also aired on VH1.

In Rap School, rapper/actor Ice-T teaches eight teens from York Preparatory School in New York City how to become a real hip-hop group called the "York Prep Crew" ("Y.P. Crew" for short). Each week, Ice-T gives them assignments and they compete for an imitation gold chain with a microphone on it. On the season finale, the group performed as an opening act for Public Enemy.

Cast/Characters

(nicknames were given by Ice-T himself)

Real Name	Nickname	Job	Notes
Tracy Morrow	Ice-T	Teacher	Ice-T is a skilled veteran of the rap game. He also gets some of his friends to help him teach rap school sometimes or just to judge or encourage them.
Dodge	Dodge City	promoter/Rapper	"Dodge City" is the old fashioned student who loves 40s' and 50s' music. He is always dressing in a suit or another old fashioned way. He claims to have not worn jeans for 6 years.
Sam	Money Man Sam	Rapper	"Money Man Sam" is a prep student who works the hardest on his raps. He is also one of the best at rapping according to Ice-T.
Sophia	So Fine	Manager/Rapper	"So Fine" is the popular prep student who loves to speak her mind. She is best friends with "Lady A" and "E-Rizzle".
Leir	Big L	Hype man	"Big L" is a student who loves to play and joke around but is one of the best at rapping according to Ice-T. He once considered quitting the group but then decided to come back.
Mary	Missy M	Rapper	"Missy M" is a shy student who likes rapping about life. She is upset sometimes about her parents' divorce, and causes her to have low condfidence.]].
Arielle	Lady A	Dancer/Rapper	"Lady A" is also a popular student and is best friends with "So Fine" and E-Rizzle".
Erin	E-Rizzle	Dancer	"E-Rizzle" is also a popular student who's best friends with "Lady A" and "So Fine".
Phil	Phil the Agony	DJ	"Phil the Agony" has trouble rapping because he stutters. Ice-T thinks he should be a DJ, because that is where he showed the most talent.

Episodes

#	Title	Original airdate	Code

The Gold Mic

Episode #	Students	Who gets the gold mic	Notes
1	Dodge City, So Fine, Money Man Sam, Big L, Lady A, E-Rizzle, Missy M, and Phil the Agony	Dodge City	Dodge City gets the gold mic for his skills and trying his hardest to DJ and rapping the whole 6'n the Morning.
2	Dodge City, So Fine, Money Man Sam, Big L, Lady A, E-Rizzle, Missy M, and Phil the Agony	Money Man Sam	Money Man Sam is upset with Big L getting the gold mic. They freestyle battle and Money Man Sam wins the gold mic.
3	Dodge City, So Fine, Money Man Sam, Big L, Lady A, E-Rizzle, Missy M, and Phil the Agony	Money Man Sam	Wins gold mic for the 2nd time for good skills.
4	Dodge City, So Fine, Money Man Sam, Big L, Lady A, E-Rizzle, Missy M, and Phil the Agony	So Fine	Wins gold mic for being more responsible.
5	Dodge City, So Fine, Money Man Sam, Big L, Lady A, E-Rizzle, Missy M, and Phil the Agony	Missy M	Wins gold mic for her improvement and confidence
6	Dodge City, So Fine, Money Man Sam, Big L, Lady A, E-Rizzle, Missy M, and Phil the Agony	Dodge City, So Fine, Money Man Sam, Big L, Lady A, E-Rizzle, Missy M, and Phil the Agony	All of them win the gold mic as a final farewell from Ice-T

Guest Stars

Episode them guest starred in	Celebrity	What they did / Notes
Episode 1	Grandmaster Melle Mel Grandmaster Caz	Both helps students DJ
Episode 2	Pro Dancers	Teach students hip hop dances
Episode 3	MC Lyte DJ Premier	Both were Judges
Episode 4	-	-
Episode 5	Ed Lover GMS-152 Gang Common	Ed Lover hosts his radio show. GMS-152 Gang does freestyle raps with the York Prep Crew. Common raps and later inspires and gives advice to the group.
Episode 6	Public Enemy	They perform at BB King's after the YPC open for them and meet the band before and after the show to give them a pep talk

Trivia

Ice-T is currently the manager. However, So Fine is assisting as a manager.
In episode 5, the group made their 1st single.
Leir quit the crew and rejoined short after
Dodge City had to deal with a heckler during his first show during a freestyle and responded with some freestylin' fight words
Dodge City went on to star in his own web show, "Dodge City's 50's School" on reddbaron.com.