The First Newspaper Cover Story Ever on Death Rap and Horrorcore?

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Chris Faraone

Well – I’m sure that ICP has donned myriad covers in flyover states where their fans regularly chop classmates to pieces, but this remains a major accomplishment for me, as I’ve for years pursued a perpetual mission to spread the Necro gospel. The feature is primarily about Boston’s Zombie Death Squad, but for my money (which isn’t very much) it’s one of the most comprehensive looks at the history of doom bap (or whatever you want to call it) ever published.

Horrorcore is what happens when wayward punks salute Ice Cube and Alice Cooper. Fixated on bloodlust and savage carnal revelry, the morbid hip-hop subgenre (along with such similar variations as death rap and acid rap) is fisting the nation deeper than most parents will be comfortable with. Insane Clown Posse (ICP), famously mocked by Blender as the worst group of all-time, outlived that particular tormenter, and they continue to bank millions from music and merchandise sales. Hip-hop is dead, as crypt-hop’s mega sales attest — just ask Zombie Death Squad, Boston doom-bap devotees the Undead, or the 1000-plus war-painted trenchcoat mobsters who swelled Worcester Palladium for an ICP opera this past weekend.

READ IT ALL HERE