Why We Thugs
| "Why We Thugs" | ||||
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| Single by Ice Cube | ||||
| from the album Laugh Now, Cry Later | ||||
| B-side | "Dick Tease" | |||
| Released | April 13, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Gangsta rap | |||
| Length | 3:44 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | O'Shea Jackson | |||
| Producer(s) | Scott Storch | |||
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"Why We Thugs" is the first single on Ice Cube's seventh album Laugh Now, Cry Later. It was released on April 13, 2006 and the music video has a cameo appearance by comedian Mike Epps. The song makes references to George W. Bush, Saddam Hussein, Russell Simmons, The Sugarhill Gang and Ice Cube's 1991 big screen debut.