While some fans claimed they'd actually had an inkling, having deciphered some of the hidden messages in several songs, others said they felt deeply betrayed and outraged: they'd been innocently enjoying all those songs about chopping people up and shooting women, and it was Christian rock? The news shook the juggalo community to its core. They released a song, Thy Unveiling, that spelt out the revelation beyond all doubt: They've only been pretending to be brutal and sadistic to trick their fans into believing in God. ICP have a fearsome reputation, fostered by news reports showing teenagers in juggalo T-shirts arrested for stabbing strangers and lyrics like "Barrels in your mouth/bullets to your head/The back of your neck's all over the shed/Boomshacka boom chop chop bang."Īll of which made Violent J's announcement a few years ago really quite astonishing: Insane Clown Posse have this entire time secretly been evangelical Christians. They've been banned from performing in various cities where juggalos have been implicated in murders and gang violence. ICP have been going for 20 years, always wearing clown make-up, which looks slightly lumpy because it's painted over their goatees. Shoot them in the face, step back and itch my nutsĬos I fuck so hard it'll break their back. You might dismiss them as just unbelievably misogynist and aggressive, and it is true that their lyrics are indeed incredibly offensive. They are juggalos, fans of Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope, the rap duo known as Insane Clown Posse.Īt first glance, it might not be obvious why I'm so excited about meeting them. Now, from all around, thousands of young men and women, wearing scary clown face paint, are descending upon a disused indoor swimming pool that has been transformed into a music venue. This happens to be the very block where the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 people in the 1980s.
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