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UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #3: But police groups in Texas called for a boycott of all products made by Time Warner. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #2: New York is not alone in its distaste for Ice-T. Records to yank the album "Body Count" off store shelves. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #1: Many of these people are policemen from around the country who want Warner Bros. UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: Hey, hey, ho, ho - crime war has got to go. MADDEN: Never mind the fact that this song was unmistakably heavy metal.ĬARMICHAEL: Yeah, just the fact that Body Count's lead singer was a known rapper, that was enough. Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle condemned it.īODY COUNT: (Singing) Cop killer - fuck police brutality.ĬARMICHAEL: News headlines were blowing up all over the place, questioning if rap was out of control.
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And, man, in 1992, the backlash over this song about one man's revenge fantasy to kill corrupt police officers, man, it was huge. That's 'cause back in the day, one of his songs triggered law enforcement all across the country.ĬARMICHAEL: Yep, "Cop Killer" from Body Count, the metal band that Ice-T started fronting in the early '90s. Ice-T, who's probably best known today for playing a cop on "Law & Order: SVU," see, he knows more about this than probably anybody.
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Even though someone else confessed to shooting Barron that night, Mac was the one headed to court to fight for his freedom.ĬARMICHAEL: But to understand what Mac was about to be up against next, we've got to break down the history of rap lyrics being weaponized - not by rappers dissing each other or talking slick on the mic, but by the criminal justice system policing Black creativity. He's been charged with the murder of Barron Victor Jr. UNIDENTIFIED DETECTIVE: You're a rap singer? UNIDENTIFIED DETECTIVE: The person to be interviewed is a McKinley J. SHEILA PHIPPS: Me, in my head, I'm thinking, well, OK, they're going to take him down to questioning, and they'll probably - he'll probably be home in about five, 10 minutes, you know, 'cause we know he didn't do anything. M PHIPPS SR: I had, like, four policemen - three with pistols, one with a shotgun - come running, charging, running at me, talking about, get on the ground, get on the ground, get on the ground. And the next thing you know, it was like a pow. MCKINLEY PHIPPS SR: We did a few shows at the Club Mercedes.Ĭ PHIPPS: People were getting a little rowdier. RAJ SMOOVE: No Limit was really kind of doing, like, you know, just New Orleans gangsta music. M PHIPPS: (Rapping) Keep supplier's name confidential. RAJ SMOOVE: And the next thing we knew, Mac getting signed to No Limit. A warning before we begin - this podcast is explicit in every way.ĬHAD PHIPPS: He was always, like, the best freestyler in the city.