A Texas minister who tours, preaching that hip-hop was created by the devil, is coming back to Detroit for a mixed reception.

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G. Craige Lewis of EX Ministries travels the country to spread the word that hip-hop music is rooted in witchcraft and voodoo -- the mark of Cain that destroys the youth, the Detroit Free Press reports.

Lewis will be in Detroit Oct. 23. It's not his first time there.

Twenty-three year old Antonio Polk heard Lewis speak in August. He's since tossed out hundreds of hip-hop CDs, agreeing with Lewis that the music encourages premarital sex, drugs and homosexuality.

Haman Cross, senior pastor at Rosedale Park Baptist Church in Detroit, thinks Lewis' message is far off.

He acknowledges that some hip-hop gives a negative message, but says there is no biblical proof that it is the work of the devil.

Cross challenged Lewis to a debate on the topic but Lewis refused.

Cross points to his own church's hip-hop ministry that encourages the music filled with positive messages.

Lewis' sermons usually end with young people smashing CDs at the altar. His Web site brags about 750,000 CDs smashed and counting.

He also veers into other topics -- condemning feminism, homosexuality and Rastafarians.