‘Evil and Demonic’: Ice Cube Reveals How He Feels About New Trend Happening in Music

Music fans of a particular age will assuredly remember the hand-wringing that came along with reports that if you played certain vinyl records backward, you would get a warbled satanic message.
The technique of recording a message “backward,” known as “backmasking,” is a very real thing. The idea that artists were using backmasking to send messages for Satan… that’s a bit more open for debate.
But now, decades after vinyl records stopped being relevant, concerns about demonic music have been dredged up anew thanks to, of all artists, Ice Cube.

The legendary rapper recently spoke up about a startling new trend in music — and made it perfectly clear he is not a fan of that trend.
The tren …