It’s just about every day when a fool tries to set someone up for a 211. Chances are — they fuck around and get caught up in a 187. And so it goes for residents of Compton and beyond — the daily grind of trying to avoid getting jacked up.
Section 187 of the California Penal Code defines the crime of murder. Most white boys wouldn’t know this if it weren’t for mean gangsta rap artists singing about 187s in just about every one of their songs. A sampling:
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Snoop and Dre collaberate on a jam called Deep Cover, also known as “187.” You’ve heard it before: “Cause it’s 187 on an undercover cop.” In What’s My Name, you may also recall something similar when Snoop raps, “Mr. 187 on a mothafuckin cop.”
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In Ice Cube’s Why Me he says, “I don’t give a FUCK what you saw on TV, but a 187 don’t make an OG.”
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50 Cent has a track called Curtis 187 where he laments, “I’m grimy, I’m greasy, I make a 187 look easy.”
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In 2Pac’s jam called How Long Will They Mourn Me?, he rhymes, “Shit, retaliate and pull a 187, do real niggaz get to go to heaven?”
As these wildly popular rappers would lead us to believe — 187s are fairly prevalent, even if they are a dick move. And being a white boy who listens solely to gangsta rap, I’ve come to learn that getting caught up in 187s is just an unfortunate fact of life.
Real talk: It’s only a matter of time before one of my OGs gets gunned down, and I admit, I won’t be happy about it. But if one of my associates getting caught up in a 187 makes me “hard” or nets me more street cred — then I guess maybe it’ll be OK.
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