Ice-T says he changed Body Count’s 'Cop Killer' to 'ICE Killer' during LA set

Ice-T said he updated Body Count’s 1992 protest anthem “Cop Killer” to “ICE Killer” during a Warped Tour performance in Los Angeles in July 2025, he told The Breakfast Club on Wednesday, Jan. 28. “When I did that, that didn’t happen just recently; that happened in L.A. when we played the Warped Tour,” Ice-T, 67, said, adding he was “in the midst of ICE raids” and that the change came to him in front of the audience.

“I didn’t know I was gon’ do it. It’s time to play ‘Cop Killer’ and my brain just said, ‘Do ‘ICE Killer.’” He also referenced the death of Renee Good, who was fatally shot after a group of people allegedly began blocking ICE officials during an immigration enforcement operation on Jan.

7. According to the report, Good was behind the wheel of her car after dropping off her youngest of three children at school in Minneapolis. Ice-T framed the lyric change as protest: “You know ‘ICE Killer,’ ‘Cop Killer’ it’s really protest,” he said. He added, “I’m just protesting,” and warned, “Like I said, I think we’re headed in some very ugly terrain and Black people ain’t got nothing to do with it.

It’s bad. I think the moment somebody shoots an ICE agent, it’s gon’ get bad.” “Cop Killer” was originally released by Body Count in 1992, the report noted. The article also said tensions in Minneapolis have risen after Good’s death and another fatal shooting on Jan.

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