Staten Island's four-man crew
Icewater is led by Polite, a rapper who probably would have been a member of
the Wu-Tang Clan if it wasn't for the fact that he was incarcerated as
the Wu were first being signed to a label. A longtime friend of
Wu member
Raekwon, Polite would later turn up in the American Cream Team and the
Ghostface-associated crew
Theodore Unit. In 2000 he formed
Icewater with Stomach, P.C. (Paulie Caskets), and D.C. (Donnie Cash) and premiered the group by guesting on
Raekwon's 2003 release
The Lex Diamond Story. The full-length debut Polluted Water landed in 2007 on the Babygrande label. ~ David Jeffries