Several video clips of actual shootings in the U.S.
When a child asks if Compton was dangerous before the emergence of gangsta rap, the teacher yells, "Wrong! Compton was a nature preserve for bunny rabbits! When gangster rap came along they tore down the country clubs and put up housing projects!" The room darkens and Ice Cube's face is projected on a screen smoking a cigar, rapping that gangsta rap is allegedly the root of all crimes.
A teacher wearing a uniform, flanked by two American flags, condemns gangsta rap for the vices of society, rape, murder, etcetera. The video was directed by Jonathan Silver and begins in a classroom of the year 2020 (12 years after the song's release). It is credited to being featured on the video game Midnight Club: Los Angeles. Ī remix to the song was made featuring Nas and Scarface. In the song Ice Cube comments on the exploitation of gangsta rap as a scapegoat for society's problems. Several members of Westside Connection make cameo appearances in the video. It was released with a music video directed by Jonathan Silver on his MySpace page on JanuThe song contains a " chopped and screwed" line from Cube's previous single Child Support (".you niggas know my Pyroclastic flow."). " Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It" is the first single from Ice Cube's studio album, Raw Footage.
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