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A million Juggalos can’t be wrong… Get ready for The United States of Insanity, the outrageous first amendment rights documentary featuring Insane Clown Posse’s Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope, and their one million die-hard fans (Juggalos) that were classified as a gang organization by the FBI. After its Fantastic Fest World Premiere and limited theatrical run, the film has now […]...

Featuring, perhaps, the most serious discussion of first amendment rights from two grown men in clown makeup, “The United States of Insanity” dares you to laugh at the absurdity of Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope’s oddly-loved Insane Clown Posse before diving headfirst into a lengthy, and occasionally heady, conversation regarding the power structures behind who is allowed to dictate musical taste and the ways in which the government attempts to act as cultural curators.

Continue reading ‘The United States Of Insanity’ is a Surreal Dive Into Insane Clown Posse’s First Amendment Fight [Review] at The Playlist.

Exclusive: Strike Back Studios has acquired U.S. distribution rights to The United States of Insanity, directed by Tom Putnam & Brenna Sanchez. The deal for the documentary, about the rap group Insane Clown Posse and its die-hard fans — known as Juggalos — fighting back against the fans being classified as a gang organization by the FBI a decade ago, comes as the feature is readying for its world premiere at Fantastic Fest.

Directed by Directed by Tom Putnam & Brenna Sanchez (Burn), the film centers on Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope, the rappers who make up “the World’s Most Hated Band,” who find themselves as unwitting warriors for the First Amendment. With the help of the ACLU, which filed a federal lawsuit against the FBI, the band fights to uncover the reasons behind the designation and to be removed from the gang list as their fans begin losing their jobs,...

Insane Clown Posse, Danny Brown, and Kid N Play lead the very eclectic lineup set to perform at the 2021 Gathering of the Juggalos, invading Thornville, Ohio’s Legend Valley on August 19th to 21st.

The 21st annual Gathering — returning after Covid canceled the 2020 fest — will also welcome dignitaries to the stage like Steve-o, Vanilla Ice, and To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen, who will serve as host of the Friday night festivities.

In addition to plenty of Faygo, the lineup for the fest also includes Big Hoodoo, R.A.

Two of Tom Hanks’ sons, Chet and Colin Hanks, have released statements in response to the news that Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, have tested positive for coronavirus.

Hanks and Wilson are currently quarantined in Australia, where Hanks was filming an Elvis Presley biopic with Baz Luhrmann. On Wednesday night, Chet released a video statement about the situation to social media; Chet has gained public attention in recent months for frequently speaking in Jamaican patois, but here he appeared to be talking in his normal voice (although he was shirtless).

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Insane Clown Posse's Shaggy 2 Dope attempted to do something truly crazy this weekend to fellow rocker Fred Durst ... a running dropkick -- which totally crashed and burned. Fred was performing with his own band, Limp Bizkit, Saturday night at the 2018 Rock Allegiance Festival in Camden, New Jersey when Shaggy tried rushing him on stage with a WWE wrestling move that completely backfired. The dropkick ended up dropping Shaggy more effectively than it did Fred ... and...

Samantha Bee found constitutional enlightenment beneath the gleaming painted smile of the Insane Clown Posse on Full Frontal Wednesday.

In a segment focused on recent free speech issues, Bee looked at the Juggalo March, which Icp held in protest of the FBI's decision to label them "a loosely organized hybrid gang" in 2011. The designation has had real consequences for fans, one of whom said she lost physical custody of her kids because she went to an Icp concert.

"It was on all our behalves that Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J...

Abraham Lincoln. Martin Luther King Jr. Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope.

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It's September: The young 'uns are back in school, going outside doesn't mean you'll automatically sweat through half your clothes and the movies bounce back from the annual August lull. Translation: Darren Aronofsky and Jennifer Lawrence invite you to a casual gathering from hell; a gruesome Stephen King adaptation gets served up; the kids get a new Lego movie (this time it's Ninjago!); and Jake Gyllenhaal plays a real-life hero and does a Boston accent, which must mean the awards-circuit season is starting up. Here are your 10 best reasons to...

[[tmz:video id="0_j1sr3wrd"]] An Icp fan got punched in the face by Shaggy 2 Dope after he broke the cardinal Juggalo rule: don't waste a Juggalo's soda. A rep for Icp tells us the fight started when a fan wouldn't stop chucking plastic, unopened bottles of Faygo onstage towards the band at their show a couple of weeks back. For non-Juggalos, Faygo is a cheap, sugary, carbonated soda that's culturally important in the Juggalo world. Icp made Faygo...

Any Juggalos planning to gather for their heroes, Insane Clown Posse ... should put those plans on ice because Shaggy 2 Dope's lingering DUI probation just sandbagged the band's tour. Icp's rep confirms they had to cancel the remaining dates of their "Marvelous Missing Link In-Store Insanity Tour" due to Shaggy's probation constraints following his 2012 DUI arrest. The rep tells us S2D was late filling out necessary travel requests with his probation officer, and...

Nearly a year and a half after announcing plans to sue, the Insane Clown Posse has officially filed a lawsuit against the FBI for allegedly violating their rights of free expression and association and due process. In the filing submitted today by Icp members Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope, along with four other Juggalos, the group claims the FBI falsely categorized the band and its followers as a "loosely affiliated hybrid gang" in its 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment. The band is represented by the Aclu, and we would like to float the idea now that Matthew McConaughey portray their lawyer in the big-screen adaptation of the trial.

They’re no strangers to controversy and it seems Insane Clown Posse's antics over the years have garnered the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department.

Violent J (Joseph Bruce) and Shaggy 2 Dope (Joseph William Utsler) have joined forces with four of their biggest fans to file a lawsuit against the FBI and Department of Justice for violating their constitutional rights by classifying their Juggalo following as a gang.

Mr. J explained, “It’s time for the FBI to come to its senses and recognize that Juggalos are not a gang but a worldwide family united by the love of music.

“There has never been — and will never be — a music fan base quite like Juggalos, and while it is easy to fear what one does not understand, discrimination and bigotry against any group of people is just plain wrong and un-American.”

As a...

This story first appeared on Billboard.com. Insane Clown Posse is going to war -- legally -- against U.S. government agencies that have designated its fans, the Juggalos, as "a loosely affiliated hybrid gang." Story: Hollywood's Top 10 Legal Disputes of 2013 A lawsuit was filed Wednesday in the U.S. Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of Icp members Violent J (Joseph Bruce) and Shaggy 2 Dope (Joey Utsler) and four Juggalos claiming that their constitutional rights of free expression and association and due process have been violated due to the U.S. Department of

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The Insane Clown Posse is Outraged the Federal Government has labeled their followers as a dangerous gang ... so now they've filed a lawsuit, demanding the Feds take back what they said.Icp claims a 2011 FBI report -- which referred to Juggalos as a "loosely organized hybrid gang" -- wrongly characterizes their fans as violent lawbreakers ... and has led to unwarranted harassment of their fans by law enforcement.In addition to Icp members Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope,...

Pontiac, Mich. (AP) — An ex-publicist and lawyer for the rap duo Insane Clown Posse has sued them and their recording company, saying she was sexually harassed and asked to perform illegal acts. The Detroit News says 32-year-old Andrea Pellegrini filed suit Aug. 23 in Oakland County Circuit Court in the Detroit suburb of Pontiac. The defendants include group members Joseph "Shaggy 2 Dope" Bruce and Joseph "Violent J" Utsler and Psychopathic Records. The Associated Press left phone and email messages Tuesday night for group spokesman Jason Webber. The complaint says Pellegrini was "subjected to constant and...

Fuse has renewed Insane Clown Posse Theater for a second season. Production will begin immediately and there will be 10 new half-hour episodes.

Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope are the Insane Clown Posse, an American hip hop duo from Detroit. Each episode provides a mix of music videos and viral clips while the Posse provides uninhibited commentary. The duo also welcome special guests to their theater for one-on-one interviews and the chance to critique chosen videos with the band.

The first season finale airs tonight at 11pm on Fuse.

What do you think? Have you seen this show? Are you glad that it's coming back?...

Fuse announced today that the Insane Clown Posse Theater has been picked up for season two. The new season of Insane Clown Posse Theater will consist of ten new half-hour episodes and is set to begin production immediately. The season one finale of the popular series will premiere tonight, Wednesday, September 11 at 11 p.m. Et on Fuse. Insane Clown Posse Theater features Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope’s twisted take on what’s new in music and popular culture. Every week, Insane Clown Posse views a mix of music videos and viral clips and provides uninhibited commentary, as only they can. In the series, the duo watches both current and classic music videos while offering their funny and irreverent...

New York — They are the self-proclaimed "Most Hated Band in the World," and now they're bringing their own theater of the absurd to the Fuse Network with the aptly titled "Insane Clown Posse Theater."

For 24 years, Joseph Bruce and Joseph Utsler have taken on the persona of wicked clowns, transforming themselves into their alter egos, Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope.

On their weekly forum, the Detroit-area rappers critique all things pop culture, claiming to bring an outsider's perspective "as people not involved with pop culture." A good part of the show has the guys critiquing music videos, much like Beavis and Butthead from a generation ago.

"Maybe this is conceited, but I don't care," Bruce said. "This is what we believe right here. Nobody is qualified to do something like this as Icp because Icp is the only group in the position in the history of rock `n' roll...

The 14th Annual "Gathering of the Juggalos" begins today, so now seems like an appropriate time for. Big Money Rustlas (2010) Director: Sam Firstenberg Stars: Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope, Ron Jeremy The Insane Clown Posse meets Wild Wild West. I am not a fan of the Insane Clown Posse. Aside from the "f*cking magnets, how do they work?" viral video, I haven't listened to any of their music. I didn't even know they dabbled in film until recently....

You don't diss Insane Clown Posse and get away with it -- at least that's the lesson the rappers are teaching GQ Magazine for calling 'em the worst rappers of all time ... telling TMZ, GQ's talking out of its paisley, overly-coiffed ass.In case you missed GQ's recent feature "The 25 Worst Rappers of All Time" ... Icp reigns supreme at the top of the list, earning the #1 spot -- which is pretty bad, considering the competition...

Starting July 24, the reverends Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope will be gracing the world with their insightful commentary on a new weekly half-hour TV show called Insane Clown Posse Theater. According to the folks over at Fuse, the show came about after the duo's web series of the same name became quite popular on Fuse.tv. The television version, like the web series, will feature Icp's commentary on popular music videos like Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe." But wait, there's more! The juggalo gods will also provide astute assessments of viral videos, perform ...

Heads up, ninjas: Insane Clown Posse are coming to television. The hip-hop duo of Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope -- who call their fans ninjas and captivated the internet with the video "Miracles" -- are getting a new show on Fuse, "Insane Clown Posse Theater." They shot in New York City on Sunday outside the People's Improv Theater, where your humble correspondent happened to be walking. (I also exchanged a friendly nod with Shaggy 2 Dope.) Icp previously had an online show at Fuse.tv. In the new series, they will weigh in...

Vice and Fuse made big gains — and Tasted cooked up strong results — in the week that ended September 12, according to our latest tally of Google-funded YouTube channels. Vice gained 3.2M views, for a total of 5.4M, helped by a video about Tardigrades — microscopic animals that were the first to survive the vacuum conditions of space. And Fuse had 1.9M more views than the previous week, for a total of 3.9M, based in part on Insane Clown Posse’s Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope riffing on Carly Rae Jepsen’s video for her tune “Call Me Maybe”. We had trouble securing numbers for Tasted last week, and we were off the previous two weeks. But the channel came in this week at No. 44 with 323,997 views, far higher than we’ve seen since May when we started monitoring YouTube channels. For the entire chart, total views this week were -5.4% to...

Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" seems to be the most pervasive and omnipresent song of the year -- heck, of the past 10 years! Everyone including the Cookie Monster, Harvard's baseball team and the president of the United States, has covered the tune.

But Insane Clown Posse members, J and Shaggy 2 Dope, are not "everyone." The Insane Clown Posse veterans recently sat down for to watch Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" video for the first time and offer their review for Fuse.

To preface, the hip-hop duo from Detroit play the roles of "wicked clowns" and perform hardcore hip-hop known as "horrorcore" under the label Psychopathic Records. Their singles include "Chicken Huntin,'" "Fat Sweaty Betty," "Santa's A Fat B---h," "F--k the World" and "Hell's Forecast"/"Murder Rap."

So... yeah... not exactly Jepsen's target audience. And the comes across when Shaggy 2 Dope asks, "Who? What?"

Despite their unfamiliarity with the song,...

2 Chainz makes a stellar debut on the Billboard 200 chart this week with his first album hitting No. 1. The rapper's debut album, "Based on a T.R.U. Story," premiered at No. 1 on the chart, selling 147,000 copies. That's enough to push the compilation "Now 43" from the top spot. That album comes in at No. 2 after selling another 75,000 (down 32%).  Likewise, Rick Ross'  "God Forgives, I Don't" dropped from No. 2 to No. 3.  Making a debut in the No. 4 spot is "Mighty Death Pop," from long-running rap duo Insane Clown Posse. Shaggy 2 Dope and...

At this year's Gathering of the Juggalos, the annual festival for fans of Detroit's Insane Clown Posse (you may be familiar with the infamous YouTube promotional machine), the group promised via tweet that they'd be making "the biggest announcement of our career." That announcement, made on Thursday to a tent holding over a thousand Juggalos and Juggalettes, was that Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope will be suing the FBI for classifying their fans — the very Juggalos and Juggalettes in attendance — as a "'loosely organized hybrid gang' in its National Gang Threat Assessment," according to Spin. "As Icp's lawyer, friend, and longtime Juggalo, Ryan Farris said, 'This is a family of love, this ain't no organized crime family.'"Many fans in attendance reacted to the announcement with cries of "family!" and tears of joy, because, along with challenging the FBI (with the help of their lawyer), Icp has set...

Horrorcore hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse has declared that they would be suing the FBI for classifying their devoted fanbase--known as "Juggalos"--as a gang in the 2011 National Gang Assessment.

Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope made the announcement at the 2012 Gathering of the Juggalos on August 9, Spin reports.

The rappers said they would go through with the lawsuit ""no matter what it costs or what it takes," eliciting cheering, cheers of "Family," and even some crying.

The "Juggalos" are best known for their elaborate, clownish make-up and annual "Gathering of the Juggalos" celebration.

The FBI maintains, however, that subsets of the Juggalos "exhibit gang-like behavior and engage in criminal activity in violence," according to a 2011 report.

The FBI classifies the Juggalos as a "loosely-organized hybrid gang."

The report defines a hybrid gang as being a "non-traditional gang with multiple affiliations," and notes that most crimes committed by Juggalos "involve simple assault,...

Horror-rap duo Insane Clown Posse might not understand how magnets work, but they seem to have a firm grip on the machinations of the legal system. Or at least the concepts behind publicity-grabbing. Insane Clown Posse -- aka, Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope -- announced at their annual Gathering of the Juggalos event at Cave-In-Rock, Illinois on Friday that they plan to sue the Federal Bureau of Investigation for unfairly categorizing their fan base as a criminal gang. Also read: Charlie Sheen: Pelted With Affection by Insane Clown Posse Fans? (Video) Icp's...

The Insane Clown Posse is straight up pissed at the FBI, yo ... claiming the feds were Wrong for classifying their "Juggalo" superfans as a dangerous street gang ... and now the Clowns have lawyered up, hoping to sue the government. Icp believes several members of their Juggalo faithful have had their rights violated ever since the group appeared on the FBI's National Gang Threat Assessment list in 2011. The feds believe "many Juggalo subsets exhibit gang-like behavior...

Colt Cabana has one of the most unique jobs in the world: comedic pro wrestler. When he's not busy dishing out punches and bodyslams for rabid crowds, he's making them laugh with his patented brand of slapstick. And this week, he's got to perform in front of one of the most intimidating crowds in the world: the Gathering of the Juggalos, the yearly summer music festival hosted by the notorious hip hop act, the Insane Clown Posse. Thousands of fans with painted faces will be heading to the sweltering heat of Cave-In-Rock, Illinois, for five days of Faygo soda, nudity and illegal substances -- and it's Cabana's job to play the villain as a marijuana-hating police officer.

The proud Chicago native has developed a eclectic resume; he's a onetime WWE superstar who has carved out his own independent path (but he's still best buds and former roommate of current WWE...

Fire, low riders, fast food, wrestling and Faygo? It must be time for another Insane Clown Posse album. The Detroit rap duo's latest album "The Mighty Death Pop" arrives in stores in August, and it sounds as inescapable as the apocalypse. Violent J. and Shaggy 2 Dope announced the album with a typically bombastic infomercial featuring all of your favorite things. But, unless you're a hardcore Juggalo (or a "Saturday Night Live" writer), good luck sitting through the whole 18 minutes. Emulating the sort of fear-mongering faux news of a number of cable programs, the video's opening sets the scene. A sinister voice...

Here are a few things we learned this week on the web: If you dress your kid in cute moccasins and your last name is Kardashian, you can offer “advice” to moms on the Internet; the guys of Insane Clown Posse are good sports, except when it comes to a dude kissing them; and Saturday Night Live‘s Christine Nangle wants to have your baby.

Aim High | This is a particularly bad day for Nick. He’s on the run from a Russian mercenary and the Mob, and his whole high school despises him because he spoiled the senior prank.

Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope, a.k.a, rap-metal duo Insane Clown Posse, are the latest guests to get up close and personal with "Saturday Night Live" writer Mike O'Brien on "7 Minutes In Heaven."

They cover it all in the interview -- lyrics, calorie counting, parenting -- so you're sure to get a well-rounded view of the dudes behind that crazy juggalo makeup. And as always, O'Brien tries to finish things off with a casual makeout sesh.

We won't spoil it for you and tell you how that works out, though.

In an annual report on gang trends known as the National Gang Threat Assessment, the FBI has stated that the Insane Clown Posse fans known as juggalos — or juggalettes, if you have a uterus and really, really love to drink Faygo — pose a threat to national security by engaging in "gang-like criminal activity, such as felony assaults, thefts, robberies, and drug sales." The fans of the Detroit rap group are notorious for wearing clown face paint, as well as for the annual Gathering of the Juggalos convention, which, for the uninitiated, is like Woodstock with wet T-shirt contests and wrestling in lamb's blood. Although Juggalos have been accused of criminal behavior in the past, with police departments in Utah, California, and New Mexico classifying them as gangs, most Juggalos deny any connection to gang activity, and Icp members Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope have spoken out [...]...

I recently caught up with one half of the worlds most hated band Insane Clown Posse, Shaggy 2 Dope to get the lowdown on this year’s Gathering of the Juggalos; Plus, what he expects from host Charlie Sheen and details surrounding their upcoming album ‘The Mighty Death Pop’. This year’s annual Gathering of the Juggalos plays from August 11th – 14th at Cave-in Rock, Illinois. The music festival is absolutely stacked and not only features every artist from Icp’s music label Psychopathic Records, but other renowned artists including Ice Cube, Busta Rhymes, Xzibit, Tech N9ne, Flavor Flav, Mc Hammer, Vanilla Ice, Saliva, Cky, Kottonmouth Kings and many, many more. Perhaps the most mainstream addition to the show will be none other than America’s most famous unemployed actor - Charlie Sheen. We...

'We're doing what we do in the studio, coming out with the best record that we can,' Shaggy 2 Dope tells MTV News.

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The Insane Clown Posse made their festival comeback this past weekend at Bamboozle, alongside acts like Lil Wayne, Bruno Mars and Wiz Khalifa. Now, Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope are set to make their musical return, too, with their upcoming album, The Mighty Death Pop!.

The LP marks Icp's second time working with longtime producer Mike E. Clark since their reconciliation. And while the duo haven't locked in a release date yet, they say they aren't looking to rush things, either.

"It don't have no official release date for right now, but we ain't rushing nothing," Shaggy told MTV News at Bamboozle. "We're taking our time. We're doing what we do in the studio, coming out...

Juggalos, you might want to sit down for this.

The gents of Insane Clown Posse, the Detroit-based masters of demented face paint and horrorcore hip-hop, were the latest artists to take in a flick with NextMovie. Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope caught a showing of "Water For Elephants," starring Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon, and -- wait for it -- they weren't fans.

We know. We're shocked too.

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Insane Clown Posse is touring the Midwest after headlining the Gramercy Theatre in NYC on April 29 and the Bamboozle Festival on May 2. Their next album "The Mighty Death Pop!" is schedule for release in 2012. Check out Icp at the 12th annual Gathering of the Juggalos, August 11-14.

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There are some days that seem to be especially fruitful for celebrity birthdays, and apparently October 14 is one of them. Today you can celebrate the birth of actress and former WWE star Stacy Keibler, Insane Clown Posse member Shaggy 2 Dope (born Joseph Utsler), Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines, British actor Steve Coogan and "Tank Girl" star Lori Petty. But we'll mostly spend the day shaking our tailfeathers in honor of Usher, who turns 32 years old today.

The man born Usher Raymond has been singing and dancing professional for most of his life. He famously competed on "Star Search" when he was only 13 years old, and that performance lead to an audition in front of Laface Records co-founder Antonio "L.A." Reid. Usher's self-titled debut hit store shelves just shy of his 16th birthday (that's half his life ago), featuring production from Diddy and backing vocals from Faith Evans.

'We've got nothing but love for Method Man and Redman,' Violent J tells MTV News.

By Kyle Anderson

Insane Clown Posse's Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope

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Back at the beginning of August, one of the biggest music festivals of the year took place over a long weekend in Illinois. No, not Lollapalooza — the 11th annual Gathering of the Juggalos, the four-day extravaganza curated by and starring the Insane Clown Posse.

The festival has grown in both size and stature over the past few years, in part because of the online success of trailers that tout the festival and in part because of its increasingly eclectic lineups.

But this year, the Gathering picked up some attention for more negative reasons. A good portion of the mainstream media coverage of the festival reported on the injuries suffered by reality star and sometimes rapper Tila Tequila, who...

When the Insane Clown Posse paid a visit to the MTV Newsroom on Wednesday (September 1), they were running a little bit late. That's typical of most of the stars who come to chat with us, as their schedules are usually overloaded and navigating midtown traffic to get to our Times Square offices can be a little tricky. But Icp were slightly tardy because of an issue unique to them, as they were touching up their makeup before coming over.

Despite the fact that they are extremely close to their fans, Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope tend not to go anywhere without first putting their faces on. They wear their makeup everywhere — including in their new movie "Big Money Rustlas," which was just released on DVD. The face paint is an important part of their respective characters, and wearing the makeup allows Juggalos to identify each other more easily. It...

Rivalry between Detroit artists was quashed by late D12 member Proof, says Violent J.

By Kyle Anderson

Insane Clown Posse's Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope

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Eminem and Jay-z will take the stage at Comerica Park in Slim Shady's hometown of Detroit on Thursday (September 2) for the kickoff of the unprecedented Home and Home concerts. The shows feature arguably the world's two biggest MCs onstage together in baseball stadiums in each of their respective birthplaces. There was a time back in the day when the idea of Eminem representing Detroit would have called forth the ire of fellow Motor City madmen Insane Clown Posse, but that is now water under the bridge.

"The beef we had with him was 11 years ago," Shaggy 2 Dope explained. "That's like beefing with somebody in high school and going to your 20th high school reunion, and you still have heat with that kid?...

We just got back from a chat with Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J, the leaders of Insane Clown Posse and, to hear some tell it, the greatest thing to come out of Detroit since rack and pinion steering.

We'll have a lot of info for all you Juggalos out there, but we wanted to get this hot piece of breaking news about the Icp's next movie to you stat. Here's the transcript:

Ugo: So Big Money Rustlas is a prequel to Big Money Hustlas, it’s in the old west, what’s next? Do we got a prequel prequel or is it the future?

Violent J: The next idea, brother, which you’re the first one we ever told about this. . .

Exclusive: Insane Clown Posse Announces Their Big Money Follow-Up

Ugo: Give me that exclusive man.

Violent J: The next idea is to do the fresh science fiction space movie.

Last year, the Insane Clown Posse took the Internet by storm when they released an informercial advertising the Gathering, the annual festival curated and hosted by Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J. In the year that followed, Icp stayed on the minds of Web surfers everywhere with their much-talked-about music video for "Miracles." Now the clowns are back with another infomercial advertising this year's Gathering (the 11th annual!), which will go down August 12-15 once again in Cave In Rock, Illinois.

The new commercial kicks it up a notch, presenting the lineup and features of this year's event with a new video that is 17 minutes long. So just in case you're not like us and totally willing to watch it over and over again, here's the breakdown of the highlights.

00:08 The narrator describes the Gathering as "the nation's only truly underground music festival, with no corporate sponsorship." The guys...

Saturday night's (April 17) edition of "Saturday Night Live" featured a handful of highlights, including a costume-happy performance by Ke$ha, a funny opening monologue by Ryan Phillipe and a gut-busting sketch called "Mort Mort Feingold, Accountant to the Stars" (which the titular character offer tax advice to celebrities like Robert Pattinson, Susan Boyle and John Edwards — whose marital status had gone from "married" to "disgusting").

But tucked into the end of the show was an incredibly sharp sketch sending up the Insane Clown Posse's "Miracles" video, a clip that becomes more viral and talked-about by the day. The sketch surrounds the premiere of the new video from Thrilla Killa Klownz called "Magical Mysteries" (which follows up previous efforts like "Curb Stomp Your Enthusiasm"). The clip borrows the low-fi graphics of the Icp original and introduces a whole new plethora of things to be confused about.

"What is Alaska?/ Who is Brazil?...

On Wednesday (April 7), a huge underground rap sensation debuted a brand new music video. No, it wasn't Kid Cudi, Gucci Mane or Wacka Flocka Flame — it was Detroit's own Insane Clown Posse, who dropped the clip for "Miracles," a track that comes from their most recent album Bang! Pow! Boom!

The video is amazing for a handful of reasons. First of all, for a group as obsessed with violence, mayhem and nihilism as Icp, it's a remarkably low-key, almost spiritual affair. The clip itself is sort of a psychedelic special effects extravaganza that is sometimes really literal (like when the boys are transported to San Francisco Bay to feed a pelican) and sometimes just confusing (anything involving that weird tower). But the thing that jumped out at us the most was the fact that most of the things Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J talk about aren't really miracles (much...

Maybe sometime back in 90's, you considered yourself a little "juggalo" or "juggalette". Well, if you're still a fan of clown misogyny then you are going to enjoy this! Once in awhile, the internet showers us with little gems like this trailer for Big Money Rustlas starring your favorite members of Insane Clown Posse, Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J. Special appearance by Bridget the porn midget! I'm not sharing this to make you miserable. I'm showing you this because...

Chop-happy hip-hoppers Insane Clown Posse have just rolled out a new video to promote the latest single from their hugely-successful album Bang! Pow! Boom! The video for In Yo Face features the duo in classic "Dark Carnival" mode, at the center of a colorfully crazed circus of horrors. So get it on, ninjas – hit the jump, check out the vid and let us know what you think. Hoppin', poppin' and choppin' in true Icp fashion, the team of Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J work their maniacal magic at the legendary "Theater Bizarre," smacking assorted victims in the grill in brutally comic ways (hell, it's not an Icp gig if someone doesn't get hosed down with Faygo at some point) as they dish out...

After a two year hiatus, the face paint laden duo known as the Insane Clown Posse have returned with the highly anticipated Bang! Pow! Boom! The album, which is a legitimate return to the Dark Carnival concept that helped make the Detroit representatives so popular, is actually some of the best work Icp has ever released. For a couple of guys who have dropped more records than the majority of active musicians today, I’ve got to consider this album a special feat.

Bang! Pow! Boom!, which debuted on the Billboard Top 200 charts at number four (and number one on the indie charts) is packed full of hard hitting beats, sadistic lyrics and the catchiest hooks the clowns have dropped to date. Though both Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope keep the content within their verses as savage as ever, nearly every song on the album boasts an infectious chant,...

2009 has been a banner year for the team of Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope – the talented duo behind the multimedia empire that is Insane Clown Posse. They recently celebrated the tenth anniversary of their massive fan exodus "Gathering of the Juggalos," during which they screened a preview of their new movie Big Money Rustlas. They've also re-teamed with producer Mike E. Clarke, who had worked with Icp on their celebrated albums The Great Milenko and The Amazing Jeckel Brothers (both considered landmarks in dark-themed hip-hop and the core of their "Joker's Card" series), to complete their new record Bang! Pow! Boom! which hits the streets tomorrow from their own label Psychopathic Records. I...