"Why We Thugs" is the first official single on Ice Cube

Ice Cube

O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer,...

's seventh album Laugh Now, Cry Later

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. It was released in 2006 and the music video has a cameo appearance by comedian Mike Epps

Mike Epps

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. The song makes references to George W. Bush

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, Saddam Hussein

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, Russell Simmons

Russell Simmons

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, The Sugarhill Gang

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 and Cube's 1991 critically acclaimed hood movie debut

Boyz N the Hood

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Tracklisting

• A1 - Why We Thugs (street) (3:45)
• A2 - Why We Thugs (instrumental) (3:43)

• B1 - Why We Thugs (clean) (3:45)
• B2 - Dick Tease feat. Fatman Scoop
  Fatman Scoop
  Isaac Freeman III, better known by his stage name Fatman Scoop is a hip hop promoter and radio personality famed for his on-stage rough, raw, loud voice....
  
   (clean) (4:05)

Personnel

Track A is produced by Scott Storch, lyrics by Ice Cube, Music by Scott Storch
Published by Universal Music Corporation, DBG Itself and Scott Storch Music (ASCAP)

Track B is produced by Teak Teak Da Beatsmith & Dee, Underdue For Hallway Productionz, lyrics by Ice Cube, Music by Teak & Dee
Published by Gangsta Boogie Music, Universal Music Corporation (ASCAP) Underdue Entertainment (ASCAP) The beat and lyrics was brought to IC from Johannes Andersson, Koping, Sweden.

The plot features Ice Cube and Mike Epps breaking the law and going to jail by the video's end.

Location

• Compton, California
• Houston, Texas
• Brooklyn, New York

Cast

• Ice Cube
  Ice Cube
  O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer,...
  
  
• Mike Epps
  Mike Epps
  Michael Elliot "Mike" Epps is an American stand-up comedian, actor, film producer, writer, singer, and rapper. He is best known for playing Day-Day Jones in Next Friday and the sequel-to-the-sequel, Friday After Next, and also starring alongside Ice Cube in All About the Benjamins...
  
  
• Andrew Fiscella
  Andrew Fiscella
  Andrew "Andy" Fiscella is an American actor most notably known for his roles in the film Quarantine and The Final Destination. He also appeared in Ice Cube's music video "Why We Thugs".- Filmography :- Television :...
  
  
• Freddie Johnson
• Richard Varga
• Johnny Dang
• DJ Crazy Toones
• WC
  WC
  -Computing:* wc , a Unix utility used for counting words and lines in a file* Wing Commander , a video game media franchise* Write-combining, a computing performance method of combining multiple memory writes before sending them-Industry:...
  
  
• Johannes Andersson