Ice-T Changed Lyrics from His 1992 Song ‘Cop Killer’ to ‘ICE Killer’ During a Recent Performance: America ‘Headed to Some Really Ugly Terrain’

Rapper Ice-T, longtime star of NBC’s Law & Order: SVU, said he swapped the lyrics from his track “Cop Killer” to “ICE Killer” during a live performance because he fears America is “headed to some really ugly terrain.”

Variety reports Ice-T recently told “The Breakfast Club” (via Entertainment Weekly) why he switched the lyrics from his controversial 1992 anthem mid-live performance.

The Grammy winner explained when he first did it during a Los Angeles show in July, it wasn’t a premeditated change. He said:

I have political things I think about. Now when I did that, that didn’t happen just recently.

It happened when we played in L.A. at the Warped Tour. When I was there, ICE was active out there. So it’s like, I’m in