"Deep Cover" is the debut solo single by American rapper Dr. Dre and his first track released after the breakup of N.W.A.

The song features fellow American rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg in his first appearance on a record release.

The bassline is similar to part of the bassline found in the jazz composition "Zoltan," written by Woody Shaw and performed by Shaw, organist Larry Young, and Joe Henderson and Elvin Jones, on Larry Young's album "Unity.

The scenes take place in a filthy concrete bungalow with several crack addicts and a projector flashing the movie itself on the wall, in addition to a rooftop of a building with the skyline of Downtown Los Angeles directly behind.

A third version, titled "187um" was released on the reissue of the Deep Cover soundtrack in 1994 and on the hip-hop compilation album One Million Strong in 1995.

The titles of these versions, like the choruses, refer to the paragraph number of the California Penal Code that defines murder.