Trapt threaten the entire Sumerian Records roster and start beef with Ice-T
The Trapt saga on social media seems to keep picking up wind over a month since their social media account started going on ridiculous rants against seemingly every metalcore band in existence on top of actors and others, and today Ice-T is being dragged into it.
The Trapt Twitter account started a debate with a few people over whether or not artists on Sumerian Records have sold more albums than the band and after calling out Body Count, Ice-T is responding to Trapt.
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Today’s ranting began when Trapt vocalist Chris Taylor Brown got pissy about a joke vocal cover Born Of Osiris made of Trapt’s only notable song, “Headstrong.”
Our very own @Cameron112 has just uploaded a ??? vocal cover of @TRAPTOFFICIAL’s hit Pandora song “Headstrong”
Is anyone else doing anything fun during quarantine? pic.twitter.com/ap8qVovKwf
— Born of Osiris (@BOOOfficial) April 13, 2020
A series of now-deleted tweets saw the Trapt vocalist trying to act hard telling Sumerian to “get your best bands and arm them” because “blood will be spilled.” Apparently, the vocalist thinks someone at Sumerian was threatening his life. Take a look at the screenshots below which came after a lengthy back and forth.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE THREATS CHRIS??? pic.twitter.com/Lr4YY5vPH9
— TRAPT (@TRAPTOFICIAL) April 14, 2020
One of the Trapt parody accounts joined in causing some confusion amongst those involved for a moment and the official account went back to vague threats against Sumerian.
Oh they better get ready…..
— TRAPT (@TRAPTOFFICIAL) April 14, 2020
In the thread, many people were highlighting that Sumerian’s artist roster, which includes the likes of Periphery, Born Of Osiris, Asking Alexandria, Veil Of Maya, Body Count and many others, sell a lot more records and tickets to shows than Trapt.
Right? I mean for fucks sake, half the bands on Sumerian sell out more shows on one tour than Trapt has in 10 years ?
— Askanison (@Homewrecker_) April 14, 2020
Wasn’t Periphery one of their artists? They only left to start their own label for less pressure, and when they were with them they were HUGE
— JackG77 (@OfficialGGJack) April 14, 2020
Yuuuup! Then you’ve got Bodycount, Born of Osiris, Asking Alexandria, Bizzy Bone, Veil of Maya, After the Burial, etc
— Askanison (@Homewrecker_) April 14, 2020
This got Trapt responding once again as he claimed every band on the label is bad.
Yes…. all bad
— TRAPT (@TRAPTOFFICIAL) April 14, 2020
Oh come on Bodycounr does not sell records or get a lot of streams. Ice ☕️ is a badass actor though
— TRAPT (@TRAPTOFFICIAL) April 14, 2020
At the very least, Chris Taylor Brown can recognize Ice-T’s incredible acting skills.
Oh come on Bodycounr does not sell records or get a lot of streams. Ice ☕️ is a badass actor though
— TRAPT (@TRAPTOFFICIAL) April 14, 2020
Then, as per usual, he started talking about Trapt’s streaming numbers.
Just stating facts man….. They are not a big group… Spotify/Pandora numbers are low
— TRAPT (@TRAPTOFFICIAL) April 14, 2020
Trapt was never bigger than anything Ice T has done. You still hold onto a generic hit you had when the charts were filled with generic hits. There’s a reason you’ve never seen mainstream success outside of that one song.
— Avalanche Forever says wash your hands. (@citchmook) April 14, 2020
We are bigger right now??♂️ The streaming numbers are so much higher for trapt.
— TRAPT (@TRAPTOFFICIAL) April 14, 2020
Doesn’t mean they aren’t great to their fans…. Just don’t have as many that listen to them as trapt. Same with @powertriptx
— TRAPT (@TRAPTOFFICIAL) April 14, 2020
Spotify we kill both groups… Sorry bud. Just facts. Same goes for Apple Music, deezer, all of em
— TRAPT (@TRAPTOFFICIAL) April 14, 2020
? go and check spotify and Pandora yourself you bald headed bitch
— TRAPT (@TRAPTOFFICIAL) April 14, 2020
The Trapt frontman sure does love using Pandora as his benchmark for showing how well they’re doing and no knock to Pandora users, but it’s very clearly not the go to streaming service for most people. Still, that doesn’t create an excuse for not understanding how basic addition works.
? no you are wrong…. pic.twitter.com/a1X6tT9Vtr
— TRAPT (@TRAPTOFFICIAL) April 14, 2020
your numbers: 2,4 million + 1,8 million = 4,2 million.
Then we have bmth’s numbers: 4,3 million on SPOTIFY ALONE, + 497k on pandora = 4,7 million roughly.I knew you dropped out of school but you should know basic math dude
— Graveyard Gal (@Hellwarson) April 14, 2020
After the debate went on for a while with Ice-T being tagged a few times, he responded with a pretty blunt message.
Dude.. Keep talkin. We’ll bump into each other one day. https://t.co/iA0OWA5Ahq
— ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) April 14, 2020
The Trapt vocalist is Tweeting about Ice-T’s response highlighting that he praised his acting skills while still doubling down into saying nasty things about whoever gets dragged into their mess.
Oh whatever…. ?
— TRAPT (@TRAPTOFFICIAL) April 14, 2020
Damn Ice T is threatening me for saying TRAPT has much higher streaming numbers… ? You can’t make this shit up! I said he was a great actor… Bodycount is a great group as well. Been around for a long time. Just don’t have the numbers trapt does. Kick my ass though for it… https://t.co/qCJHY4A4YQ
— TRAPT (@TRAPTOFFICIAL) April 14, 2020
I always respond…. not like Ice was that rude. Guess he’s just going to try and deck me when he sees me??♂️
— TRAPT (@TRAPTOFFICIAL) April 14, 2020
Elsewhere in the mess of tweets Chris Taylor Brown posted today, you can see him say some dumb things about metalcore, claim his bad singing is actually really good and use Down Syndrome in a derogatory way.
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