It's a murder. California penal code section 187 defines the crime of murder, so 'one eight seven' has become common gang/rap slang for it. '187 on a cop' is killing a policeman, naturally.
It's a murder. California penal code section 187 defines the crime of murder, so 'one eight seven' has become common gang/rap slang for it. '187 on a cop' is killing a policeman, naturally.
It's also a reference to.. well, dozens of songs and bands which have variations on the phrase "187 on a [adjective] cop". Given that Snoop Dogg shows up to mime the line in the video for Twinz, I've always assumed they were giving a nod to his "Who Am I (What's My Name)" - "Yeah, and you don't stop.. Mister One Eight Seven on a motherfuckin'...
It's also a reference to.. well, dozens of songs and bands which have variations on the phrase "187 on a [adjective] cop". Given that Snoop Dogg shows up to mime the line in the video for Twinz, I've always assumed they were giving a nod to his "Who Am I (What's My Name)" - "Yeah, and you don't stop.. Mister One Eight Seven on a motherfuckin' cop".
Itself a poke at Ice T's song Cop Killer! You could go for days with the homages/parodies/insults/references in these songs.
"It's still one-eight-seven on an undercover cop!"
What does 1.8.7 stand for?
It's a murder. California penal code section 187 defines the crime of murder, so 'one eight seven' has become common gang/rap slang for it. '187 on a cop' is killing a policeman, naturally.
It's a murder. California penal code section 187 defines the crime of murder, so 'one eight seven' has become common gang/rap slang for it. '187 on a cop' is killing a policeman, naturally.
It's also a reference to.. well, dozens of songs and bands which have variations on the phrase "187 on a [adjective] cop". Given that Snoop Dogg shows up to mime the line in the video for Twinz, I've always assumed they were giving a nod to his "Who Am I (What's My Name)" - "Yeah, and you don't stop.. Mister One Eight Seven on a motherfuckin'...
It's also a reference to.. well, dozens of songs and bands which have variations on the phrase "187 on a [adjective] cop". Given that Snoop Dogg shows up to mime the line in the video for Twinz, I've always assumed they were giving a nod to his "Who Am I (What's My Name)" - "Yeah, and you don't stop.. Mister One Eight Seven on a motherfuckin' cop".
Itself a poke at Ice T's song Cop Killer! You could go for days with the homages/parodies/insults/references in these songs.