Ice-T Unintimidated By Trapt’s Pandora Numbers

Ice-T Unintimidated By Trapt’s Pandora Numbers

The aughts nu-metal band Trapt have an absolutely unhinged, conspiracy theory-fueled social media presence, and they’ve been tweeting pretty much non-stop since the coronavirus pandemic began. They have egged a few other artists on, including Texas band Power Trip and a whole bunch of other metal bands, and even Richard Marx.

(We asked Marx earlier this week if he knew who Trapt are, and he responded: “My kids were into them for a second when they were younger, but I was not really aware of them. And that whole back and forth was such a momentary thing. I had forgotten all about it by the next day.”)

The latest musician that Trapt has put in its crosshairs is Ice-T, who has a metal band of his own with Body Count — they put out a new album just last month. As MetalSucks points out, Trapt were talking shit about Body Count on Twitter, saying that they “do not sell records or get a lot of streams” and that “they are not a big group… Spotify/Pandora numbers are low.” (Trapt are obsessed with their own measly streaming numbers.)

Ice-T, of course, responded:

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