Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do
Encyclopedia
"Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do" (commonly referred to as "GDKPRD") is a song by the Welsh
Rap
act Goldie Lookin Chain
from their Greatest Hits album. In August, 2004 the song reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart
. With the tagline "The gun is the tool, the mind is the weapon", in this track the band again satirised the American hip hop
scene.
The video
for the song features the band doing a mock police line-up and being chased on customised mobility scooters. The video is shot mostly in the Hertfordshire
town of Watford
, England
, featuring such local landmarks as the original 1970s concrete brutalist style shopping centre, the YMCA
building and the spiral car park ramp visible from the ring road.
The song was parodied by Chris Moyles
and his Radio 1 team, under the name Mouldie Lookin Stain and called "Dogs Don't Kill People Wabbitz Do". This version reached #1 in the UK Official Download Chart
.
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
Rap
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
act Goldie Lookin Chain
Goldie Lookin Chain
Goldie Lookin Chain is a comedic rap music group based in Newport, South Wales. The group produces humorous, controversial and often explicit songs that satirise hip hop, today's consumer society, the ‘chav’ culture and life in Newport and south Wales in general.-Background:Many of the songs...
from their Greatest Hits album. In August, 2004 the song reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
. With the tagline "The gun is the tool, the mind is the weapon", in this track the band again satirised the American hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
scene.
The video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for the song features the band doing a mock police line-up and being chased on customised mobility scooters. The video is shot mostly in the Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
town of Watford
Watford
Watford is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, situated northwest of central London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. The borough is separated from Greater London to the south by the urbanised parish of Watford Rural in the Three Rivers District.Watford was created as an urban...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, featuring such local landmarks as the original 1970s concrete brutalist style shopping centre, the YMCA
YMCA
The Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide organization of more than 45 million members from 125 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs...
building and the spiral car park ramp visible from the ring road.
The song was parodied by Chris Moyles
Chris Moyles
Christopher David Moyles is an English radio and television presenter and author, who currently presents The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1 and Chris Moyles' Quiz Night on Channel 4....
and his Radio 1 team, under the name Mouldie Lookin Stain and called "Dogs Don't Kill People Wabbitz Do". This version reached #1 in the UK Official Download Chart
UK Official Download Chart
The UK Official Download Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the music industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being published on a Wednesday afternoon, so as to not to clash with the release of the main UK Singles Chart...
.