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Ice-T, who wrote the song's lyrics, referred to "Cop Killer" as a "protest record", [7] stating that the song is "[sung] in the first person as a character who is fed up with police brutality". [8] Ice-T has also credited the Talking Heads song "Psycho Killer" with partially inspiring the song. [5] "
Ice-T made reporters watch a 40-minute civil rights documentary before announcing the "Cop Killer" decision. "I don't understand why I'm supposed to like the police," he said after the documentary ...
Ice-T encountered controversy over his track "Cop Killer", the lyrics of which discussed killing police officers. He asked to be released from his contract with Warner Bros. Records , and his follow-up solo album, Home Invasion , was released through Priority Records .
Finally, Ice-T decided to remove "Cop Killer" from the album of his own volition, [5] [39] [45] a decision which was met by criticism from other artists who derided Ice-T for "caving in to external pressure". [46] In an interview, Ice-T stated that "I didn't want my band to get pigeon-holed as that's the only reason that record sold.
Ice-T also discussed how his 1992 single "Cop Killer," which he released with Body Count, created a lot of controversy While beefing might be the name of the game, Ice-T thinks it has become too ...
Today’s Ice-T — in the month prior to the U.S. election and before the death of one ... The irony of the “Cop Killer” — the song by his heavy metal band Body Count that resulted in a ...
The following day, Ice-T revealed that Body Count has signed with Sumerian Records. [26] Ice-T suggested that the album was going to be titled Rise! [26] or Manslaughter. [27] [28] On May 10, 2013, Ice-T announced that work on the fifth studio album had begun and that it would be titled Manslaughter. The album was released on June 10, 2014. [29]
"Law & Order: SVU" star Ice-T talks to TODAY.com about Fin's upcoming episode, "Dutch Tears," his Walk of Fame honor, wife Coco Austin, daughter Chanel and more.