Darlene Ortiz Talks Her Years With Ice-T and What Her Family Thought of the Power Cover

The woman who changed rap album art shares that story and more in her new book, Definition of Down.
Darlene Ortiz is hip-hop royalty. As Ice-T’s muse, she sent shockwaves through popular culture and helped to push the boundaries of rap album art when she appeared bikini clad and holding a shotgun on the cover of Ice’s sophomore effort, Power, in 1988.

Ice and Ortiz made up one of hip-hop’s first power couples, and she always stood by his side as he tried to make a name for himself. Read the rest of the article via complex.