Ice-T Will Host ‘Fame and Fentanyl’ Documentary Examining National Epidemic: ‘Everyone Knows Someone’

Ice-T has been personally impacted by the fentanyl drug crisis in America, and the rapper-actor is now on board as an executive producer and host of the forthcoming Fame and Fentanyl documentary special.

A&E released a harrowing trailer on Monday (Aug. 4), with the two-hour documentary slated to premiere on Aug. 25 at 9 p.m. ET.

“Fentanyl, for me, came out of nowhere. By the time I learned about the drug, I had already lost people to it,” Ice-T said in a statement. “It’s a poison in the drug world, and I wanted to do everything that I could to make people aware of its danger.”

Families from various backgrounds and socio-economic classes reflect on the heartbreaking tragedies and losses suffered from fentanyl. The doc also explores the celebrity drug overdoses of Prince, Angus Cloud, Tom Petty and Michael K. Williams.

“Everyone knows someone who has fallen victim to fentanyl,” Ice T says in the trailer. “These are the stories that everyone needs to hear.”

The documentary will also delve into the law enforcement and criminal investigation side of things, revealing how special agents brought dealers to justice after selling lethal doses of fentanyl to users. According to the CDC, drug overdoses plummeted by 27 percent in America in 2024 (80,391) compared to the 110,037 overdose-related deaths in 2023.

Last week, Ice-T took to social media to tease his return to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. “Back filming SVU and the first scene I shoot…. I get Fd up! It’s in the script,” he wrote with an accompanying photo of him sporting a hospital gown with a busted lip and bandage.

Watch the trailer below.