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THE WEEK, Page 23ARTS & ENTERTAINMENTIce-T Melts
Facing continuing attacks, the rapper yanks his antipolice anthem
It managed to enrage a lot of people, from small-town police
officers to congressional leaders to a former National Security
Council aide named Oliver North. It put actor Charlton Heston in
a prominent new role as the Tipper Gore of Beverly Hills. The
stormy controversy revolved around rap star Ice-T's Cop Killer,
a song that, many argue, condones murder and fuels hatred of
police officers. Last week the L.A. rapper, who made a foray
into heavy metal on his latest album, Body Count, moved to
withdraw Cop Killer from that record.
Ice-T said he made the decision on his own as a response
to the growing wave of protest against the album's distributor,
Warner Bros. Records, and its parent company, Time Warner. The
rapper claims that Warner Bros. Records staff members had
received death threats. Police groups had called for a boycott
not only of the album but of all Time Warner products. Some
record stores had already pulled Body Count off their shelves.
The company has ceased manufacturing the album in its
current version and has asked retailers to return unsold CDs and
cassettes to Warner Bros. Records for full credit. The company
will reissue the album, minus the Cop Killer track, in the next
few weeks. But Ice-T fans will still be able to get their hands
on the single. The rapper said he'll give away old versions of
Body Count at concerts. "I'll bring it back to South Central,"
he proclaimed, referring to L.A.'s riot-torn neighborhood.