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187 is a numeric code for the crime of murder used by law-enforcement officials, particularly in the state of California. This number is used for this purpose because Section 187 of the California Penal Code deals with that crime.
Media references
Gangsta rap and Music
In the early 1990s, the number began to appear in the lyrics of gangsta rap songs, prompting some radio stations to stop playing the songs in which the number was used.
The following is a list of prominent examples of this usage:
- The title track to the movie Deep Cover, by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, featuring Snoop's famous line: "187 on a motherfuckin' cop". Radio plays of the song censored the line to "187 on an undercover cop".
- Trigga Gots No Heart, performed by Oakland-based rapper Spice One and included in the soundtrack to the 1993 film Menace II Society.
- It is found in Big Pun's "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)" featuring Fat Joe.
- Many songs on Dr. Dre's classic gangsta rap album The Chronic use this slang.
- Master P's 1996 album Ice Cream Man included a song entitled "Time for a 187."
- It is mentioned in the Sublime song April 29th 1992"And Stayin on Top, and Screaming 187 on a motherfuckin' cop" from the album also called Sublime.
- 187, officially One Eight Seven, is a song by the New Jersey based band, Senses Fail.
- 187 On the Dance Floor is a rap song from a collaboration named L.A. Symphony.
- "It's on (Dr.Dre) 187um Killa" (1993) is the name of one of rapper Eazy-E's albums.
Film and television
On Episode 7 of Season 4 of the popular HBO mob crime drama "The Sopranos", a gang member instructs his crew to shoot the ceilings of some houses but "no 187s."
According to the Internet Movie Database, the number 187 has been used in the titles of four movies, of which two were small art productions, one was a documentary, and one (the movie One Eight Seven, released in 1997) starred Samuel L. Jackson. Murder was a major theme in the three fictional works; the documentary was about Proposition 187.
The 1993 action movie Demolition Man featured a scene where the police officers of the future city of San Angeles did not know what a 187 was until the police station's computer explained it to them.
Recent movies like the 2004 documentary Juvies demonstrate that the term has become popular among incarcerated inner-city youth. They tend to say "I'm in for 187," rather than "I'm in for murder."
Other
"187" is the name for the finishing move used by wrestler New Jack.
There is also another wrestler named Homicide, whose nickname is "The Notorious 187", pertaining to 187 meaning homicide.
A video game called 187: Ride or Die was released in late 2005.
"187" the mixed drink, is comprised of screech rum and canadian cream soda, usually of the Crush brand. It was invented in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.
187 is the name of the horn player in Billy Barf and the Vomitones in Thomas Pynchon's 1990 novel, Vineland.
External link
- Text of California Penal Code Section 187 (courtesy of Findlaw)
"187 (murder)"