The Mighty Death Pop Tour media blitz has continued with Violent J, who recently did an interview with Bent Source Weekly Blog! In this interview he answers question about ICP’s wrestling careers , the FBI, the ability to not only keep making music, but get bigger despite the critics, if he can ever see a time in the future where the makeup goes away and more. Be sure to check out this full interview with The Duke of the Wicked! As always the link is at the bottom of the this article.

Here is part of the interview:

For over twenty years, the face-painting rap duo of Joseph Bruce and Joseph Utsler—better known as Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope, or Insane Clown Posse—have been creating as much controversy as they have music.

In a way that’s a fair assessment—they have been arrested several times, written some very raw lyrics and marketed all of it toward children. In other ways though, the ado surrounding ICP can also be described as a misunderstanding of the pair.

 

They belay their music with the overarching message that people need to worry about their actions; that there are consequences for doing wrong. And in the event there is a judgment day, they want their fans to be on the right side of that gate.

 

Still, ICP has been mostly an exercise in “do as I say, not as I do.” And in the last year that’s landed them in hot water with the F.B.I. with the agency classifying not only Bruce and Utsler as a gang, but also their fan base—known as ‘Juggalos’. Currently, the group is involved in a lawsuit with the government to get that designation reversed.

 

It’s a dark chapter in the career of a rap duo known for building their own merchandising empire, becoming wrestling champs and creating a prolific good-versus-evil concept for each and every one of their death rap hip hop albums.

But the spirits of ICP member Violent J are high and the Source caught up with him last week ahead of their Bend show scheduled for Sunday May 26 at the Midtown Ballroom.

You can check out the rest of this interview by clicking the link below.

Violent J interview with Bent Source Weekly Blog

Websites:

• bendsource.com
• Insane Clown Posse