In popular culture
The song was featured in the American films Cop Out , Tag , Black and Blue , and the British film Attack the Block . It was featured as an in-game radio selection in the 2015 video game Battlefield Hardline (by Electronic Arts), and was used for the end credits of the 2016 movie Ride Along 2 [10] and in the 2016 published The Angry Birds Movie soundtrack. It has appeared in the TV show Brooklyn Nine-Nine . [11] The 'Whoop whoop, sound of da police' hook has been referenced by ska punk band Sonic Boom Six on their track "Piggy in the Middle", [12] by Body Count on their song "Black Hoodie" and in metal band Skindred on the title track of their 2002 debut album Babylon . The song plays over the final scenes and closing credits of season 3, episode 2 of Sex Education . [13] It is the theme music for the long-running stand-up show on BBC Radio 4, Alfie Moore - It's a Fair Cop.
The song is well known in France, where the chorus is commonly misinterpreted as "assassins de la police" (literally "police killer"). [14] A remix of the song by DJ Cut Killer was featured in the soundtrack of the film La Haine . [15] The hip hop duo Suprême NTM later sampled the chorus on their album Live. [14]
On February 3, 2012, hacker group Anonymous defaced the Boston Police Department's web page, replacing it with an embedded version of KRS-One's "Sound of da Police" music video and a message criticizing the department's treatment of the Occupy Boston movement. [16]
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