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187 is a numeric code for the crime of murder used by law enforcement officials, particularly in the U.S. state of California. The number is used for this purpose because Section 187 of the California Penal Code defines the crime of murder.

The number 187 is now in common use by many gangs throughout the United States as a synonym for murder; this usage has been reported among gangs as far away as Florida^[1] and Wisconsin^[2].

Contents 1 Media references 1.1 Music 1.2 Film and television 1.3 Other 2 References 3 See also 4 External links

• Cashis mentions 187 in the song Ms. Jenkins "He screamed 187, I say I never hide"
• Ja Rule and The Inc. Records use this in some musics like "187 Murda Baptiss Church", Ja Rule also say many times Murder or Murda because that's the real name of The Inc. Records.
• The name of Ja Rule's radio is "187 fm".
• Eazy-E put out the album "It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa" in 1998.
• It is mentioned in the Sublime song "April 26, 1992" it is a song about the Rodney King Riots and the opression of all poor peoples.("It's about comin' up and stayin' on top, and screamin' 187 on a motherfuckin' cop") from their self titled album.
• It is mentioned in the G-Unit song from Beg For Mercy called "My Buddy" when 50 Cent raps "You meet him your destination's hell or heaven, 'cause I only bring him out for that 187"
• Also in the 50 Cent song from The Massacre called "Gunz Come Out" 50 Cent raps "you see me in your projects, 187s in progress"
• Bone Thugs-n-Harmony In the Intro to their album E. 1999 Eternal Bizzy Bone raps "187 and a 211, 12 gauge, and a AK-47 spray", and on the same album Krayzie Bone raps "187 the sign, nigga we done told ya, ya fuckin with Bone you better believe we livin like soldias".
• "Deep Cover", also known as "187", performed by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg on the soundtrack Deep Cover. A remix of the song is found on the Dre Day single. "Yeah, and ya don't stop...'cause it's 187 on a undercover cop..."
• Trigga Gots No Heart, performed by Oakland-based rapper Spice One and included in the soundtrack to the 1993 film Menace II Society.
• It is found in Big Pun's "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)" featuring Fat Joe.
• The slang appears numerous times on Dr. Dre's classic gangsta rap album The Chronic.
• Master P's 1996 album Ice Cream Man included a song entitled "Time for a 187."
• B.G. Featuring Juvinile's 1998 Mix Tape included a song entitled "Its Gonna be 187 after 187."
• 187, officially One Eight Seven, is a song by the New Jersey based band, buddy, lead singer, wants to kill a girl who broke his heart. Senses Fail.
• 187 On the Dance Floor is a rap song from a collaboration named L.A. Symphony.
• It's on (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa (1993) is the name of one of rapper Eazy-E's albums.
• In Dr. Dre's "Let Me Ride" single, a line saying "Try to set me up for a 211. Fuck around and get caught up in a 187".
• In Dr. Dre's "Fuck Wit Dre Day, and Everyone's Celebratin" song. Snoop Dogg says "And i ain't even swingin them things, i holla 187 wit my dick in yo mouth beyoch."
• The Insane Clown Posse's first EP is title Beverly Kills 50187.
• Rapper Spice 1 makes reference to this in many of his songs and it is used in the title of his song "187 He Wrote".
• In rapper Fabolous' song Can't Deny It, the line "I holla 187 when I ride to da side fool".
• Early 90's the song "Your love is a 187" performed by the Whitehead Brothers.
• On his 2002 release, Absolute Power, rapper Tech N9ne says, "And I ain't even slangin' them thangs I'm hollin' 187 If you trippin' with strange."
• The song "187 on a hook" by Brotha Lynch Hung & C-Bo mentions 187 several times.
• Song "187" on the album Curtis by 50 Cent.
• Song: M.U.R.D.E.R. of 'Jay Sean'and Thara
• On the 50 Cent album Curtis, track 16 "Curtis 187", he sings "...I'm grimey, I'm greasy, I make a 187 look easy..."
• In the Suicidal Tendencies song "Go 'N breakdown" off the Lights...Camera...Revolution! album, Mike Muir sings, "concussion to the skull, jugular severed chalk it up another 187".
• Lord Infamous song "187 Invitation" from Come With Me To Hell album.
• In the song "What's my name?" by Snoop Dogg. "Shit that'll drop cuz you know it don't stop. Mr. 187 on a mother-fuckin cop."
• The song "187" by Senses Fail, the song is about murder, some lyrics, "i want to kill you, i want to kill you now"

• In Boyz 'n' Tha Hood when Ricky and Tre get pulled over you hear the police radio go off saying there is 187 requiring immediate attention.

• On Episode 7 of Season 4 of the popular HBO mob crime drama The Sopranos, a gang member instructs his crew to shoot the ceilings of some houses but "no 187s."

• According to the Internet Movie Database, the number 187 has been used in the titles of four movies, of which two were small art productions, one was a documentary, and one (the movie One Eight Seven, released in 1997) starred Samuel L. Jackson. Murder was a major theme in the three fictional works; the documentary was about Proposition 187.

• The 1993 action movie Demolition Man featured a scene where the police officers of the future city of San Angeles did not know what a 187 was until the police station's computer explained it to them.

• Recent movies like the 2004 documentary Juvies demonstrate that the term has become popular among incarcerated inner-city youth. They tend to say "I'm in for 187," rather than "I'm in for murder."

• In Next Friday Michael Rapaport as a delivery man tells Craig not to pull a "187 in his ass."

• In the 1976 Rudy Ray Moore movie The Human Tornado Captain Ryan tells Detective Pete Blakely that he wants him to investigate a 187. Dolemite is wrongfully accused of killing the white wife of a rural sheriff when in fact the sheriff had killed his wife himself after catching her having sex with Dolemite.

• On Episode 15 of Season 4 of Fox's The O.C., Summer, after an earthquake and upon hearing a prowler, instructs Taylor to "go 187" on the person.

• On the Fox's series The Shield, the Coral(the police station) gets a call of a 187 murder on the L.A's streets.

• In The Fast And The Furious when the street race is about to begin, you hear that there is a 187 at a liquor store, and Leon says "there's a 187 in Glendale, cops are all over it, we're good to go, lets race."

• In the 2004 film Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, in a dodgeball match between Globo-gym and the Los Angeles Police Department, after the defeat of the LAPD, the announcer of the match says the LAPD "Were given a 187"

• 187 is a slang term for a type of creature in Magic: the Gathering that has an effect when it comes into play. This comes from Nekrataal, which 'murders' a creature.

• The phrase '187 Baby' is used in the Xbox 360 video game Saints Row.

• Wrestler Nelson Erazo commonly known as Homicide, also refers himself as "The Notorious 187"

• Law enforcement jargon

• Text of California Penal Code Section 187 (courtesy of Findlaw)