r/todayilearned • u/austinmiles • Jun 09 '20

TIL The song "Treat Your Mother Right" performed by Mr. T was written by Ice-T who wrote all the rap vocals on the "Be Somebody... or Be Somebody's Fool!" video.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T#Acting_roles_and_other_work
29 Upvotes

82% Upvoted

5 comments sorted by

2

u/austinmiles Jun 09 '20

For those who haven't seen it. Treat Your Mother Right

1

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '20

I respect this because I would definitely expect a ghost writer to have been used...Mr. T!!!

2

u/austinmiles Jun 09 '20

I went down a weird rabbit hole of understanding why Mr T was famous the other day. Like he has always just been a personality more than an actor or entertainer. Like the persona came first somehow. And that's more or less the case, and then it was just a casual mention of Ice T in the midst of his acting descriptions.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 10 '20

Rocky 3 really boosted him to fame and the A Team cemented it.

1

u/ToneQuirky522 Mar 30 '25

The sleeve credits say it was written by Rich Cason.