holy crap... he interviewed very well and was cool, calm, and collected. I have so much respect for this guy. he's exactly right, the song isn't killing people, it's just a song...
I know he never backed down and the Feds were really messing with him. New Jack City never got made because of him putting this song out. He only recently admitted that. Ice had no real family so they harassed his close friends family instead. Those were wild times
The things that ICE-T spoke about in 1992, are STILL happening in 2019!!! He has my UTMOST respect, he is an AWESOME uncompromising speaker of TRUTH!!! ✊✊✊
@@lindacedonulli5197 Hi! Linda, yeah I'm aware he still has a voice, that was my point really. Been following him for 30+ years. great rapper & lyricist, terrible actor :)
I'm barely abo but it's no comparison. Native Americans are a better comparison and even then it doesn't quite meet up because people had no choice in coming to Australia. My ancestors had no choice coming to Australia and my other ancestors had no choice in having their land taken. Fuck off using that to push an agenda
@@ingsoc_8295 Lol I wasn't talking about their music. I was talking about their intelligence... And what I thought was garbage back then actually sounds good now. I hated MC Eiht as a kid, but I think he's dope af now.
Ice-T, legend of Rap and Heavy Metal History. Speaking the truth. U are a Rap legend and I give you mad props, love, and respect. I still be watching Law and Order: SVU. Fa sho.
Your detractors would say that the music is second rate stuff and wouldn't get a mention if it didn't have these references to violence. What do you say to them? My detractors couldn't make a record that could sell 10 records. Thats like me saying that Rembrandt would have never sold a painting if he didn't paint nudes. What a fucking answer.
I'm old enough to be at that concert in Melbourne at Festival Hall when he was told not to sing that song but did at the end When we left the concert there was a line of police we all had to pass through to get home :)
it has changed. Police just are not respecting anyone's rights. it has gotten better though. Camera phones, 1st amendment audits and lawsuits are changing police culture
Hey big thanks Shitfoundon...I missed this interview in '92. 22 years later I finally get to see it! Ps. Jana always looked like that in interviews. I think she secretly respected Ice...
It would be ironic if he became a police officer. Taking an acting job is not the same as being the profession you are portraying... It is pretend. The actors playing police on television aren't really police officers, it is pretend.
@@simonmcnamee619 I appreciate you teaching me the literal definition of "ironic" but I was using it loosely. Anyone who despised cops so much and takes on a full time job playing one on tv is somewhat ironic I think
He thrived on the fact that the media, the cops, and the politically correct hated him. He took all of that and ran with it, and that's how he got where he is today...THAT is what made Ice-T one of the Legends.
Oh look at that. Interviewer asks a question, and then let's the interviewee answer the question. None of this interrupting every 2 seconds! This is how it used to be!
Strong words. I can actually see why a guy like that would've been scary back in the day. You'd never get a prominent name saying such dangerous things these days.
So bizarre to see an honest interviewer who doesn't smear, asks honest questions, and don't play dirty when faced with a legit (and badass) response. Miss those days....
To think, the song, "Cop Killer," is still as massive today as it was back then. This song was the answer to NWA's "Fuck the Police" and so much more. What was sad about this song was after hearing the NWA song between the late 80s and the early 90s when "Cop Killer" came out, so many people claimed to have had it, yet these same people weren't saying anything about Rodney King's near-death courtesy of L.A.'s racist law enforcement, for lack of better words, which eventually led to the L.A. Riots. It's so sad that so many minorities in America, especially in the states of California and New York, throughout the years, have to undergo so much pain due to police brutality and harassment, and the two songs made possible by NWA and Body Count respectively are still getting the bittersweet reception that they both got over 20 years ago.
Killing in the name by Rage Against the Machine is anthour hornorable mention too, it's anthour song that's in the same vein as NWA's Fuck the police or Body Count's cop killer, it is a response to the Rodney King incident, it still get's regonition today as it did 30 years ago
California and New York both ran by Democrats for the state and every major city in each state, it's really no surprise yet we still keep voting them in
I remember walking to my car in 1992 and was thinking about the future and then BAM...32 years layer here I am today in a snap...WTF man !....take it easy father time
There was a punk band in the '80s called "Millions of Dead Cops". That's literally their name, lol. They still exist if you want to follow them on Facebook :D
LMFAO Floyd died of an Overdose he ate his stash! He said he can't breath while in the back of the Cop car! He was a known tweeker scumbag that once did a home invasion and he held a gun to a pregnant woman's stomach while doing so! It's ALL there black and white clear as day!
Not really. She just asked the questions she was given, she didn't write them. She didn't talk over him or try to cut him off. She didn't mock him or try to provoke him. She asked some tough questions and gave him every chance to say exactly what he wanted to say. She didn't try to twist his words or attempt to impose her own views at any point. She was respectful and professional. How do you think this interview would've gone down if Bill O'Reilly did it today?
Anyone have a copy of/a link to the full interview? It used to be up here on youtube but can't seem to find it anymore. This one cuts out the intro montage and at least the first question where he establishes the song is from the perspective of a character.
Is this the full interview? I actually watched it live when I was a kid and I recall there was a part where Jana was reviewing the lyrics...maybe my brain remembers it incorrectly.
True words and straight to the point and it’s still happening today. We see more of it because it can be recorded and shows how ignorant the police are. Respect to this man.
I never got why people were so upset about this song. Countless bands and artists talk about killing people in their songs and as soon as someone makes a song about killing a cop they lose their shit. The cops really are above the law
@ShitifoundonVHS After reviewing the various submissions, and listening carefully to the album, the Tribunal found the song "Cop Killer" to be "not exhortatory," saw the album as displaying "an honest purpose," & found Body Count not indecent.PART 2
@ShitifoundonVHS In July 1992, the New Zealand Police Commissioner unsuccessfully attempted to prevent an Ice-T concert in Auckland, arguing that "Anyone who comes to this country preaching in obscene terms the killing of police, should not be welcome here," before taking Body Count to the Indecent Publications Tribunal, in an effort to get it banned under New Zealand's Indecent Publications Act. PArt ONE
holy crap... he interviewed very well and was cool, calm, and collected. I have so much respect for this guy. he's exactly right, the song isn't killing people, it's just a song...
I know he never backed down and the Feds were really messing with him. New Jack City never got made because of him putting this song out. He only recently admitted that. Ice had no real family so they harassed his close friends family instead. Those were wild times
ICE T IS THE REALEST O.G.
The interviewer was professional and respectful as well(thank goodness)!
@@lockettkevin2077 Tracey is a Fraud.
The things that ICE-T spoke about in 1992, are STILL happening in 2019!!! He has my UTMOST respect, he is an AWESOME uncompromising speaker of TRUTH!!! ✊✊✊
Ice-T is a legend!
I love this man, his message, his never give up/never surrender attitude and the fact he never sold out.
Reporter: "u said that u would have no trouble killing brutal cops, true?"
IceT: "cops have no trouble killing brutal kids"🙌
I also watched the video yes
"what they consider to be brutal kids" big difference
A precursor to Black Lives Matter.
@@djbarut1790 Great point
@@lindacedonulli5197 Trained Marxist’s
That Rembrandt comment was badass
Dave Bryan agreed.
Brilliant
still one of the best interviews ever ... 23 years later
Adding the, "23 yrs later," at the end makes it sound like he ain't said shit since :)
@@craigbailey2256 He has. . . Check out his clip for No Lives Matter.
@@lindacedonulli5197 Hi! Linda, yeah I'm aware he still has a voice, that was my point really. Been following him for 30+ years. great rapper & lyricist, terrible actor :)
Ice should have asked her about how Australia treats their Aborigines.
Its aboriginals not Aborigines
@@jackischilling2308 you special?
I'm barely abo but it's no comparison. Native Americans are a better comparison and even then it doesn't quite meet up because people had no choice in coming to Australia.
My ancestors had no choice coming to Australia and my other ancestors had no choice in having their land taken.
Fuck off using that to push an agenda
@@drumboarder1 shut yo dumb talking no sense a$$ up
@@jackischilling2308 no you
How many rappers today would mention Rembrandt in their interviews?? I swear rappers were so much smarter 25+ years ago.
Todays 'rappers' are high on pills and can't even recite the alphabet
Not really, we only remember the good ones. There was just as much garbage to sift through. Also the shitty ones have much more exposure today
@@ingsoc_8295 Lol I wasn't talking about their music. I was talking about their intelligence... And what I thought was garbage back then actually sounds good now. I hated MC Eiht as a kid, but I think he's dope af now.
@@swanm3ta850 you're spot on. The Gen X rappers (and before) have the smarts... this dude is legendary.
Ice-T, legend of Rap and Heavy Metal History. Speaking the truth. U are a Rap legend and I give you mad props, love, and respect. I still be watching Law and Order: SVU. Fa sho.
He killed this interview. She couldn't outsmart him!
I think she didn't want to outsmart him. She's a journalist. They are meant to ask provoking questions and be critical with their interview partners.
Your detractors would say that the music is second rate stuff and wouldn't get a mention if it didn't have these references to violence. What do you say to them?
My detractors couldn't make a record that could sell 10 records.
Thats like me saying that Rembrandt would have never sold a painting if he didn't paint nudes.
What a fucking answer.
I'm 47 years old and Ice -T has always been more of a father to me than my own dad
lmao you are pathetic.
We love you T for standing up for us! Love from australia
ice t is the fucking man!
hell yeah
Legendary interview for real.
I'm old enough to be at that concert in Melbourne at Festival Hall when he was told not to sing that song but did at the end
When we left the concert there was a line of police we all had to pass through to get home :)
Been listening to Ice T since 1990 his obvious intelligence comes across here & in his music.
This is 1992 . And now it's 2016 on the verge of 2017 . Nothing changed .
billy p haha r u serious
it has changed. Police just are not respecting anyone's rights. it has gotten better though. Camera phones, 1st amendment audits and lawsuits are changing police culture
Hmmm, the cops have just got worse
look at it now
Jana Wendt is a class act. Ice T a legend. What an interview.
Hey big thanks Shitfoundon...I missed this interview in '92. 22 years later I finally get to see it!
Ps. Jana always looked like that in interviews. I think she secretly respected Ice...
This is still happening
Ice-T... LEGEND!!!
Almost 30 years later and what he's saying still very relevant. We humans are trash and never learn from our mistakes.
Her look at 2:34 shows that deep down she's an Ice fan.
Cop Killer or Killer Cop ... I'm just aware that more beings are being killed by the police departments, rather than the general public killing cops.
great interview.......somewhat ironic that he now plays a Detective on SVU............
Johnny Rotten what better role to play than what you're familiar with. The detective I street smart and savy
And he ruffs some people up
Yes, it's called acting.
It would be ironic if he became a police officer. Taking an acting job is not the same as being the profession you are portraying... It is pretend. The actors playing police on television aren't really police officers, it is pretend.
@@simonmcnamee619 I appreciate you teaching me the literal definition of "ironic" but I was using it loosely. Anyone who despised cops so much and takes on a full time job playing one on tv is somewhat ironic I think
One of the most interesting interviews I've ever seen.
He thrived on the fact that the media, the cops, and the politically correct hated him. He took all of that and ran with it, and that's how he got where he is today...THAT is what made Ice-T one of the Legends.
Ice-T talks facts! He don't pussy foot around and says it how it is, nothing but respect for him.
Oh look at that. Interviewer asks a question, and then let's the interviewee answer the question. None of this interrupting every 2 seconds! This is how it used to be!
Jana Wendt
@@alanreda2140 Ice-T
@@ashchaya7676 - was just giving you her name. ✌️
@@alanreda2140 No worries mate. I grew up watching her on TV 😁
@@ashchaya7676 - sane here. We must be from the same era l😀
Strong words. I can actually see why a guy like that would've been scary back in the day. You'd never get a prominent name saying such dangerous things these days.
damn.... so many years wnt by and look where we at? somethin jus never change....
Ice-T who's concert opens in Brisbane tomorrow night. I was in Brisbane at the time and I was too young :( Dammit!!!!
Pause at 2:34, the look on her face was like "he's good, he's really good".
Wow A Current Affair was shit then and now. Respect, Ice.
She wants him...
@@Dupawpaski wants who?
28 years passed, what changed?
alot has, actually.
It’s just made me a hero all over the world!
I had to watch this twice! Go brother!!! Fuck yeah!
Damn, Ice-T is king
he came off as johnny rotten in this interview pissed off but composed.
So bizarre to see an honest interviewer who doesn't smear, asks honest questions, and don't play dirty when faced with a legit (and badass) response.
Miss those days....
To think, the song, "Cop Killer," is still as massive today as it was back then. This song was the answer to NWA's "Fuck the Police" and so much more. What was sad about this song was after hearing the NWA song between the late 80s and the early 90s when "Cop Killer" came out, so many people claimed to have had it, yet these same people weren't saying anything about Rodney King's near-death courtesy of L.A.'s racist law enforcement, for lack of better words, which eventually led to the L.A. Riots. It's so sad that so many minorities in America, especially in the states of California and New York, throughout the years, have to undergo so much pain due to police brutality and harassment, and the two songs made possible by NWA and Body Count respectively are still getting the bittersweet reception that they both got over 20 years ago.
Killing in the name by Rage Against the Machine is anthour hornorable mention too, it's anthour song that's in the same vein as NWA's Fuck the police or Body Count's cop killer, it is a response to the Rodney King incident, it still get's regonition today as it did 30 years ago
California and New York both ran by Democrats for the state and every major city in each state, it's really no surprise yet we still keep voting them in
Love the nod at the end. Fantastic
I remember walking to my car in 1992 and was thinking about the future and then BAM...32 years layer here I am today in a snap...WTF man !....take it easy father time
There was a punk band in the '80s called "Millions of Dead Cops". That's literally their name, lol. They still exist if you want to follow them on Facebook :D
Probably influenced Ice T, Body Count sounds a lot like some of MDC
Nice to see Siouxsie interviewing Ice-T
Imagine if we had a discourse like this again. Journalists asking questions and people not afraid to talk their truth
brilliant
I could not have more respect for any man than I have for ICE
Body Count was and is the Best Hardcore/ metal/ Thrash band ever
So true
Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax, Cannibal Corpse, Black Sabbath would beg to differ 😉
@@misguidedangel6550 none of those bands are hardcore thrash
Ice T for president! Nearly 30 years later and the problems are only worse.
love you ICE-T
Funny how with history we look back on this differently - turned out as a kid IceT was right!
Love the real in this -
Posting from 2020 and his words are even more true today; RIP George Floyd
LMFAO Floyd died of an Overdose he ate his stash! He said he can't breath while in the back of the Cop car! He was a known tweeker scumbag that once did a home invasion and he held a gun to a pregnant woman's stomach while doing so! It's ALL there black and white clear as day!
Ice just telling it like it is!👽🤘
Fucking solid. Bitch tried so hard to make him look like shit and the man came out way on top.
Not really. She just asked the questions she was given, she didn't write them. She didn't talk over him or try to cut him off. She didn't mock him or try to provoke him. She asked some tough questions and gave him every chance to say exactly what he wanted to say. She didn't try to twist his words or attempt to impose her own views at any point. She was respectful and professional. How do you think this interview would've gone down if Bill O'Reilly did it today?
Anyone have a copy of/a link to the full interview? It used to be up here on youtube but can't seem to find it anymore. This one cuts out the intro montage and at least the first question where he establishes the song is from the perspective of a character.
HAHAHAHAHAHA Ice T just crushed that interview lol
somehow I think she didn't go to that concert in Brisbane..
Is this the full interview? I actually watched it live when I was a kid and I recall there was a part where Jana was reviewing the lyrics...maybe my brain remembers it incorrectly.
What A BOSS!!!
Haha man he really is a legend. From day one
the man
Australia and New Zealand sure are feeling that police brutality now !
No we're not. Don't pretend things are worse than they are.
Here in 2021😎😎😎😎🖖🖖🖖
WHOA, never seen Ice clean-shaven! This is way-early in the Ice T story
@MicMogul The broadcast was recorded in Toowoomba.
YES!
Still relevant...
Listen to this man.
Yeah"""" I ain't with it!!!!
Way before his time. Props.
lol, she looked disappointed at the end of the interview as she sighed, like well that didnt go they way I thought it would.
Jana Wendt didn't seem to understand the reason for "Cop Killer" in 1992. Does Jana Wendt finally understand in 2020?
LEGENDARY fucking interview
Hi from June 3rd, 2020.
I like the way he spesks
Awesome. Ice T is still the man.
Judging by the picture noise, this is off Mt Mowbullan?
Ice T G.O.A.T
Now I get why my aunts had a crush on him.
Ice might be the most leveled out dude in the business.
True words and straight to the point and it’s still happening today. We see more of it because it can be recorded and shows how ignorant the police are. Respect to this man.
2018 WHAT HAS CHANGED
haralaboskesa nothing my dude
Nothing. They just added poor white people to their kill list
Heck yeah!
The Truth.....
Good interview!
Forgot he was young once
He looks exactly the same lol
@MichaelHansenFUN What about Wikipedia?
I never got why people were so upset about this song. Countless bands and artists talk about killing people in their songs and as soon as someone makes a song about killing a cop they lose their shit. The cops really are above the law
@ShitifoundonVHS After reviewing the various submissions, and listening carefully to the album, the Tribunal found the song "Cop Killer" to be "not exhortatory," saw the album as displaying "an honest purpose," & found Body Count not indecent.PART 2
But he's not at the bottom of the "System" anymore is he?
"They want my autograph and they give me the fist"
You should be happier, then Ice.
He was so Strong
ice t fuck yeah
@ShitifoundonVHS In July 1992, the New Zealand Police Commissioner unsuccessfully attempted to prevent an Ice-T concert in Auckland, arguing that "Anyone who comes to this country preaching in obscene terms the killing of police, should not be welcome here," before taking Body Count to the Indecent Publications Tribunal, in an effort to get it banned under New Zealand's Indecent Publications Act. PArt ONE
🙍🏿♂️🗯 Immortality
Ice t I salute