Since immigrating from Russia in 1992, Ivan Ovchinnikov — better known by his stage name, Scum — has grown into one of the best-selling horrorcore artists in the country, through relentless touring ...

AllHipHop: It seems in the 90’s horrorcore music hit the scene with Flatliner and Gravediggaz and artists like Ganxta NIP and slowly developed into its own culture how have you seen it grow over the ...

While horrorcore artists like Gravediggaz have all but disappeared, many of the characteristics of the sub-genre carry-on albeit with less fanfare. These haunting words, from Wu-Tang affiliate Shabazz ...

Many popular movie directors got their start in horror films: J.J. Abrams, Guillermo del Toro and James Cameron to name a few. In the film industry, horror is where many directors and producers begin ...

When horrorcore killer Richard 'Sam' McCroskey performed songs like "Murderous Rage,'' and "Evil Voices,'' it sounded like the work of a disturbed kid aiming for shock value. With his standard issue ...

As the creator of Horrorcore, Ganxsta NIP could be the weirdest, confounding rapper in Hip-Hop history. With 1991’s Southpark Psycho, the Houston-reared MC invented the violent, disgusting subgenre of ...

What has kept hip-hop fresh for almost 40 years are the constant innovations from various regional sub-genres. But for some reason there's always been a challenge with properly tracking the dark ...

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IT’S HARDER than death metal. More explicit than gangsta rap. Its lyrics routinely — and graphically — detail murder, rape and kidnapping. And it’s incredibly popular with some listeners. It’s called ...

In the past month, two seemingly unrelated violent homicides have been connected by one thread -- both defendants were fans of a music genre called "horrorcore." Horrorcore, rap music classified by ...

While hip-hop is a worldwide multi-billion dollar industry at this point, a big part of what’s kept rap music so fresh and vibrant for almost 40 years now is the constant innovations coming from its ...