O.G. Original Gangster (song)

"O.G. Original Gangster"
Single by Ice-T
from the album O.G. Original Gangster
B-side
  • "Bitches 2"
  • "Mind Over Matter"/"Midnight"
Released1991
Recorded1991
GenreGangsta rap
Length3:56
LabelSire Records
Songwriter(s)Tracy Lauren Marrow
Producer(s)
Ice-T singles chronology
"New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme)"
(1991)
"O.G. Original Gangster"
(1991)
"I Ain't New Ta This"
(1993)

"O.G. Original Gangster" is a song written and performed by American recording artist Ice-T. It was released as a single from the rapper's fourth studio album of the same name. The song was produced by Tracy "Ice-T" Marrow, Shafiq "SLJ" Husayn and Alphonso "DJ Aladdin" Henderson, and released in 1991 via Sire Records. Reaching a peak position of number 7 on the US Billboard Hot Rap Songs, the single remained on the chart for a total of 11 weeks.[1] The track also appears on the retrospective Greatest Hits: The Evidence and in the 2004 Xbox video game Def Jam: Fight for NY with Ice-T featuring in the game as himself as a playable character and in the storyline.

  1. ^ "Ice-T O.G. Original Gangster Chart History". Hot Rap Songs. Retrieved February 19, 2018.