Ice-T began his career as a opera singer in the 1980s.
Karankawa -LRB- also Karankawan , Comanches , Cocos , and called in their language Auia -RRB- are a tribe of Native Americans , now a restored nation , who played a pivotal part in early Texas history .. Texas. Texas. Native Americans. Native Americans in the United States. history. History of Texas. The term Karankawa persisted and has been popularly applied to a group of Native American tribes who have a common dialect and culture .. These people can be more specifically identified as the Capoques -LRB- Cocos -RRB- , Kohanis , Kopanes , Kronks , and Karankawa -LRB- Carancaquacas -RRB- bands .. They inhabited the Gulf Coast of Texas from Galveston Bay in the present-day Greater Houston area , then south toward Corpus Christi Bay .. Texas. Texas. Gulf Coast. Gulf Coast. Galveston Bay. Galveston Bay. Greater Houston. Greater Houston. Corpus Christi Bay. Corpus Christi Bay. Exposure to new infectious diseases , annexation of territory , conflict with the newly arrived Europeans , and war forced them to intermarry or relocate to missions before 1860 .