"Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It" is the first single from Ice Cube's studio album, ''

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''. It was released with a music video directed by Jonathan Silver on his MySpace page on January 3, 2008 The song contains a "

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" line from Cube's previous single ''Child Support'' ("...you niggas know my

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..."). Several members of

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make cameo appearances in the video. In the song Ice Cube comments on the exploitation of gangsta rap as a scapegoat for society's problems. A remix to the song was made featuring Nas and Scarface. It is credited to being featured on the video game '' Midnight Club: Los Angeles''.

Music video

The video was directed by

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and begins in a classroom of the year 2020 (12 years after the song's release). A teacher wearing a uniform, flanked by two American flags, condemns gangsta rap for the vices of society,

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, murder, etcetera. When a child asks if Compton was dangerous before the emergence of gangsta rap, the teacher yells, "Wrong! Compton was a

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for bunny rabbits! When gangster rap came along they tore down the

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and put up

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!" The room darkens and Ice Cube's face is

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on a screen smoking a cigar, rapping that gangsta rap is allegedly the root of all crimes. Several video clips of actual shootings in the U.S. and

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are shown, as well as the

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including the infamous image of

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pointing a

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at the aforementioned

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. It also features footage of the Michael Richards Laugh Factory incident (during the lyric "If I call you a nigga"),

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("If I call you a nappy-headed ho") and

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(referring to the Benoit murder/suicide). The video features cameo appearances by WC and DJ Crazy Toones.

List of video clip images

* The 1997

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(when Cube is talking about not needing to steal money) (1:12) *

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(1:20) * "Arson in the Southland" fire clip (when Cube is talking about how "hot" he is) (1:35) * "False prophecy" clip with the image of Warren Jeffs (when Cube talks about him being Utah and having multiple bitches) (1:37) *

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being led away by police (1:50) * Michael Richards incident at the

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(when Cube is rapping the chorus) (1:53) *

after his offensive statement. (1:55) *

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prior to the dogfighting clip (1:59) * Dogs fighting (when Cube is talking about acting like an animal) (2:01) * Police brutality (2:15) * Newspaper headline, " 'Crack' Epidemic Linked to Contras" (2:45) *

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cafeteria surveillance tape and sign (3:05) * The

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(3:09) * Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse (3:17) *

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's televised suicide (3:29) * Televised suicide of Daniel V. Jones (3:30) * A video of the welcome sign to

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, home of the

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(3:34) * Scenes from the music video of

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(3:47) * NBA player

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punching a Pistons' fan in 2004. (3:50) *

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testifying before the Iran-Contra hearings * Polar ice caps melting (When saying "If I fuck up the planet.") (4:19) *

vs.

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in a ladder match for the

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at the

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pay-per-view event. (4:33) * Gameplay of '' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' (which has Ice Cube on its soundtrack), '' Grand Theft Auto III'' and ''

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'' (4:35) *The infamous O. J. Simpson L.A Wide pursuit.(4:37) *

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crashing into the second tower of the

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(4:39) * Oprah Winfrey (4:54)

References

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