Cheadle played Rocket in the gang movie Colors. “It humanized Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in a lot of ways.
“Ice Tray is like the Rocket of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” Talib Kweli said in an interview with Cheadle in 2019 when he revealed the spinoff. It was called “Homeboy Sweet Homeboy” and Cheadle’s character was a friend of Will’s from his old neighborhood in Philadelphia. The Grammy and Tony Award winner played the character Ice Tray on an episode in Season 1.
