Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do

"Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do" (commonly referred to as "GDKPRD") is a song by the British hip hop group Goldie Lookin Chain from their Greatest Hits album. In August 2004, the song peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart.[1] 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.

"Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do"
Single by Goldie Lookin' Chain
from the album Greatest Hits
Released16 August 2004
Length3:39
LabelMust Destroy/Atlantic Records
Producer(s)P Xain
Goldie Lookin' Chain singles chronology
"Half Man Half Machine"
(2004)		 "Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do"
(2004)		 "Your Mother's Got a Penis""
(2004)

Music video

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 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.

Actor Perry Benson plays a police officer in the video, and gives chase to the group. The video also features actor Andrew Ellis, best known as Gadget in the film This Is England.

Charts
Chart (2004) Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA)[2] 23
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[3] 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] 92
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[5] 3
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References
  1. "Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do" Chart Stats.
  2. "Chart Track: Week 30, 2003". Irish Singles Chart.
  3. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  4. "Dutchcharts.nl – Goldie Lookin Chain – Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  5. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.


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