What makes a juggalo

This subculture that was once readily consumed by the public is now in a place that businesses want nothing to do with. The most typical type of people who identify as a Juggalo are white men living in low, poverty socioeconomic classes. Naturally this socioeconomic class has much stigma associated with it, and because of their gang label, Juggalos have even more negative stigma related to their low-class status.

Whether it be their obscure song lyrics, violent looking hatchet symbol, or clown makeup, Juggalos are faced with many negative stigmas. Instead of letting these stigmas bring them down, Juggalos embrace it. This documentary takes place at Dark Carnival and features one-on-one interviews with Juggalos about their experiences of being in this subculture.

This documentary shows live clips from the Juggalo March on Washington to protest the Juggalo gang label which took place in fall This video contains a mashup of different clips of other Juggalo music videos and concerts. Juggalo Homies depicts how close Juggalos are and the various ways they identify themselves as a family. The following video is the music video for Juggalo Homies.

Behind the Paint- This book follows and interviews Juggalos around the world, talking about their experiences of being a Juggalo and how gatherings shape their lives. The author of this book followed Juggalos for two years to learn about their fanbase and how important their community is. Fudge, Zachariah D. J, Violent and Hobey Echlin. Behind the Paint. Psychopathic Records, Inc. Halnon, Karen B. Linnemann, Travis and Bill McClanahan. Neely, Anthony D. Retrieved September 15, Monaster, Vinnie.

Noisey writer Benamin Shapiro interviewed juggalos at the Gathering of the Juggalos in to see what they meant when they chanted family, and all of their answers mentioned a certain quality that was impossible to verbalize. I'm down two or three dollars, can I get some?

Not too many other people would do that, feed one another, help one another. Even your own family , who knows. First of all, what is Faygo? Enuf, etc. But why is off-brand soda so popular with juggalos? Juggalos love drinking Faygo , spraying it on each other, and more or less pouring it on everyone within a close proximity to them.

How did the Faygo spray get started? The first Gathering of the Juggalos took place at the Novi Expo Center in Novi, MI, drawing 7, juggalos who were so fervent to see the group that they almost started a riot. The Gathering had to be shut down, and a year later the festival was moved to Ohio. This scenario of move, riot, move would take place nearly every year, with a venue deciding they no longer wanted to host the group after seeing the unmitigated chaos that juggalos could cause.

While there have been instances of outside artists not fairing so well while playing to juggalos, for the most part everyone seems to have a lot of fun at the festival. The documentary, American Juggalo, is one of the few pieces of video footage that manages to capture life at the Gathering of the Juggalos.

Insane Clown Posse, and juggalos, may seem like a purely American trend. So when is the appropriate time to wear your face paint?

For an in depth look at juggalo style, the photo book The Gathering of the Juggalos by Daniel Cronin offers a visual insight into the world of Insane Clown Posse free of any editorializing. He simply lets the juggalos and their style speak for themselves. In , a juggalo redditor wrote that the two members of ICP grew up watching kung-fu movies, and this is where their concept of the ninja comes into play.

JessieJayne Dough, a Juggalette a female Juggalo from Pennsylvania, attended the Gathering for the first time this year. They are predominately white and working-class, and many say they feel like outcasts from mainstream society.

The Insane Clown Posse often called "ICP" — who recently announced next year's tour will be their last — are known for having developed a complex musical universe of symbols, themes, and aesthetics that have become the basis for the Juggalo community.

In their first album, 's "Carnival of Carnage," the duo introduced the narrative of a traveling carnival of spirits who enter upper-class neighborhoods to punish the rich for their crimes against the working class.

With each subsequent album, Insane Clown Posse has introduced new characters, like the Ringmaster, the Great Milenko, and The Amazing Jeckel Brothers, each of whom has their own story and function within the greater arc of the Dark Carnival, or the extended Insane Clown Posse musical universe.

Each group of albums is referred to as a Joker's Card, and the "juggalo" moniker originated from an off-hand comment during a concert performance of the song "The Juggla. There are no official numbers for how many people identify as Juggalos, though the FBI's National Gang Threat Assessment reported that there were 1 million self-identifying Juggalos and Juggalettes.

Paul J. Much of the music in the Dark Carnival is indeed violent and horror-themed, with songs about chopping up bodies or murdering an entire family in hopes of luring one's ghost lover back. But this terror is often a metaphorical expression of anger in light of systematic oppression.

Juggalos say they aren't about literal violence, despite the FBI report, which highlighted a handful of minor crimes committed by fans of the Insane Clown Posse as "sporadic, disorganized, individualistic. Most Juggalos assert that their community is more about peace and love than the hatchet symbols and scary clown costumes might suggest.

The community comes together for the annual Gathering of the Juggalos, the multi-day music festival featuring numerous performers, wrestling matches, parties, and generally carnivalesque behavior, culminating in an Insane Clown Posse performance in which typically everyone gets sprayed with Faygo, a soda brand popular in the midwest.