Yesterday, Violent J and his daughter Ruby took to Reddit for an AMA (Ask Me Anything) thread that collectively spanned a few hours! Quite a few topics were covered including
- New ICP EP at the Gathering?
- Behind The Paint follow-up?
- Next Joker’s Card and all remaining will contain 10-12 songs each
- Violent J’s dream collabs
- Big Money Thrusters needs $2 Million to shoot
Ruby answered a lot of questions too. Her topics included music, her dream cars, being the daughter of a celebrity, possibly going to the Gathering, and more!
You can read the entire AMA here: https://www.reddit.com/r/juggalo/comments/1uix8b7/violent_j_ruby_ama/
The response that got Juggalos talking was in reference to the Gathering of the Juggalos. Check the Q&A snip below:
And just in case it’s easier to read, here’s the text:
Q: With how expensive and harder to insure festivals, how much longer do you realistically think the gathering can keep going? Are you looking for ways for the gathering to continue without ICP? If not do you think you’ll let it be known if you think a gathering might be a final one?
A: Next year we’re going to bring help in. Juggalos can be extremely confusing. So many think it’s a funny juggalo trend to destroy the portapotties at the gath and they either don’t know or don’t care how close we actually are to being over with. It’s very very hurtful that other Juggalos just watch it happen too instead of having our back. But next year it’s looking like we’re going to bring in some outside help running the festival. Someone with a solid name in the industry who can land us a million more venue opportunities
The Gathering has run independently for over a quarter century, so any changes to it are sure to get Juggalos talking. Obviously, nothing is changing for this year (so get tour tickets!), but does next year just mean more top-tier artists due to a bigger budget? Restrictions due to “corporate” sponsors? Or will it just be business as usual with a few extra helping hands behind-the-scenes?
We’d love to hear your thoughts on it, so leave ’em below!
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