Fuck tha Police

For other uses, see Fuck the Police (disambiguation).
"Fuck tha Police"
Song by N.W.A
from the album Straight Outta Compton
ReleasedAugust 9, 1988
Recorded1988
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Length5:43
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"Fuck tha Police" by N.W.A. on YouTube
Audio sample
"A sample of Ice Cube's verse on the song"

"Fuck tha Police" is a protest song by American hip hop group N.W.A that appears on the 1988 album Straight Outta Compton as well as on the N.W.A's Greatest Hits compilation. The lyrics protest police brutality and racial profiling and the song was ranked number 425 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[2] In 2021, Rolling Stone re-ranked the song at number 190 in an updated list.[3]

Since its release in 1988, the "Fuck the Police" slogan continues to influence popular culture in the form of T-shirts, artwork, political expression, and has transitioned into other genres as seen in the cover versions by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Dope, Rage Against the Machine, and Kottonmouth Kings.[4][5]

  1. ^ "The D.O.C. on Ice Cube Leaving NWA: Cube Was the Spirit". YouTube. November 13, 2015. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". rollingstone.com. December 9, 2004. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  3. ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". rollingstone.com. September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  4. ^ "YouTube: Fuck tha Police (RATM cover)". Rage Against the Machine. October 11, 2006. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
  5. ^ "F*ck tha Police". AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2015.