A few months ago, one of my favorite songs of all time popped up on my iPod: Crime Mob’s “Knuck if You Buck.” (mp3 here. listen at your own risk.)Recorded when the Atlanta rappers were still high school age, the song makes me feel all wild and charged up inside, or as I told my girlfriend, “This song always makes me want to stab somebody.”

It looks like I’m not alone, and that if I were to shiv somebody while this song is playing, I could find an attorney to blame Crime Mob for my actions.

A Virginia teenager who claimed a song by Atlanta-based group Crime Mob fueled him to kill another teen was sentenced to 30 years in prison for second-degree murder yesterday (January 9).

According to The Richmond Times Dispatch, Marvin M. Parker fatally stabbed Baron P. Braswell II during a melee at a party last year on January 20. Authorities claimed the playing of the group’s song “Knuck If You Buck” during an ongoing scuffle, revved up the crowd and lead to a bigger skirmish.

During the commotion, Braswell, who had been knocked down and stomped after brawling with another teen, crossed paths with Parker, who stabbed him in his chest and shoulder.

“The playing of ‘Knuck If You Buck’ combined with testosterone, teenage impulsiveness, a fight in progress and Parker’s past criminal actions created a ‘witches brew’ that night,” Charles C. Cosby Jr . , Parker’s attorney, told Judge Ann Hunter Simpson of Spotsylvania County Circuit Court before his client’s sentencing.

“The finger of guilt points to our society as well,” Cosby added.

See also this story of “Knuck if You Buck” inciting a bunch of Harvard students to brawl.

*I really did say that “Knuck” makes me want to stab someone. The other song that inspires that feeling is “Old Time Rock and Roll” by Bob Seger, but for entirely different reasons.