{"id":203682,"date":"2024-10-24T10:50:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T08:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=203682"},"modified":"2024-10-24T16:36:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T14:36:27","slug":"ice-t-reflects-on-body-counts-cop-killer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/ice-t-reflects-on-body-counts-cop-killer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice-T Reflects On Body Count\u2019s &#8211; Cop Killer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LH8gUhDd6WE?si=W4J8j1R-qxY_slRs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you weren\u2019t around in 1992, you might not recall the controversy surrounding Body Count\u2019s song \u201cCop Killer,\u201d which tells the story of a character frustrated with police brutality. Ice-T, the frontman, always maintained the song was a commentary, not a reflection of his own beliefs. Ironically, the same man who sparked this controversy has now been playing a cop on TV for 24 years, arguably doing more to promote a positive image of police than harm it. In a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2024\/oct\/17\/ice-t-anybody-that-thinks-controversy-is-a-way-to-make-money-its-not-you-need-lawyers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>, Ice-T was asked if he ever questioned releasing the song during the &#8217;90s uproar.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI never really questioned myself, but the heat came when they started sending bomb threats to Warner Bros. I threw the rock, that\u2019s my heat. But when other people could get hurt, that\u2019s nerve-racking. But I got news for people: anybody that thinks controversy is a way to make money, it\u2019s not. You get a lot of buzz, but now you need lawyers. So don\u2019t just say something stupid and then back-pedal \u2013 if you\u2019re going to say something, stand on it.\u201d<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"203683\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/ice-t-reflects-on-body-counts-cop-killer\/body-count-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Body-Count-jpg.webp?fit=2560%2C1709&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1709\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Body Count\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Body-Count-jpg.webp?fit=540%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Body-Count-jpg.webp?fit=640%2C428&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-203683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Body-Count-540x360.webp?resize=540%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Body-Count-jpg.webp?resize=540%2C360&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Body-Count-jpg.webp?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Body-Count-jpg.webp?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Body-Count-jpg.webp?resize=1536%2C1025&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Body-Count-jpg.webp?resize=2048%2C1367&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Body-Count-jpg.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Body-Count-jpg.webp?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you weren\u2019t around in 1992, you might not recall the controversy surrounding Body Count\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-QZc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}