Everything You've Been Too Afraid To Ask About Juggalos

This shows how landmarks sit on faces, explaining why some Juggalo makeup fools facial recognition and others do not. Juggalo makeup works well because it totally changes how the jawline is read.pic.twitter.com/dFSx5FEGc9

In late June 2018, Twitter user@tahkionThe user @tahkion found that Juggalo makeup hides the face enough to trick facial recognition technology. Juggalos likely did not plan this; the Juggalo face paint came from the 1992 song1992 song"The Juggla," whereas current commercial facial recognition technologytook off in 2011The makeup has an interesting side effect.

The specific way Juggalos paint their faces, including placing a black line under the jaw, lets the technologymistake where a person's jaw is located.

No study exists on Juggalo income. Lumping all Juggalos into the lowest tax bracket just because they like ICP music is unfair. However, the two men in Insane Clown Posse, Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J, openly discussed their youth and the poor upbringing they had in suburban Michigan. The group admitting they were poor most of their lives hits home for Juggalos, whoare mostly working class and live in rural areas.

Watch footage from the Gathering of the Juggalos or an ICP concert. You see many Caucasian faces. However, ICP and the Juggalos tell people anyone who likes clowns has a place. Kevin Gill, who spoke at the Juggalo March on Washington, said it best to a crowd: “We made the name ‘Juggalo’Kevin Gill, who spoke at the Juggalo March on Washington, said in a speech to a crowd: “We made the name ‘Juggalo’, men, women, black, white, Black, yellow, fat as f*ck, skinny as a broomstick, gay, straight, bi, trans, young, old and folded and loopy, rich, poor.

If you are near Juggalos or watch a gathering, you hear “whoop whoop.” What does that mean? The chant sounds like a simple call, but it settled into the Juggalo language. This means there must be a deeper meaning.

Will Sigler, a 36-year-old Juggalo working at Psychopathic Records, the ICP label, answers what “whoop whoop” means in the Detroit Metro Times column, “Ask A Juggalo.” He says “whoop whoop” is mostly a goodbye. It works like the Marines' “ooh rah” chant. “Whoop whoop” is easy to say, fun to say. It means everything or nothing. It sounds the same whether you are drunk or sober. You can say it even when you are sad, like, “Whoop whoop, man.”

An FBI report on US gang culture released in 2011 classified juggalos as a “loosely organized hybrid gang.” The ACLU claimed the FBI’s language broke the free speech of juggalos, prompting ICP to sue the FBI in 2012.ICP sued the FBI.. What does it mean to have your subculture listed as a gang? The FBI called juggalos a “hybrid gang,” which gives law enforcement grounds to stop anyone showing ICP merchandise. This includes Hatchetman stickers on cars, ICP tattoos, and Hatchet Gear (ICP's clothing company).This situation can cause drug arrests.Someone identifying as a juggalo faces job and custody loss.

The march was a peaceful protest against calling juggalos gang members. Bad apples exist in any large group, but that doesn't make every Hatchetman tattoo holder a bad person.

Besides “whoop whoop,” juggalos constantly chant “FAM-I-LY.” People ask what this means. Each juggalo defines family differently, but they all center on being born to specific parents, though their real family are the Insane Clown Posse fans.Noisey.Writer Ben Shapiro interviewed Juggalos at the Gathering of the Juggalos in 2012. He wanted to know what they meant by chanting 'family.' All their answers mentioned a quality you cannot put into words. A Juggalo named Robert said family meant that if you saw "A Juggalo on the ground? You pick that bitch up. Another Juggalo, Michael, explained: "Another juggalo, Michael, explained, “This is a different type of family from your home. This is just like friendly sh*t. 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, what is Faygo? It is a regional off-brand soda with many flavors. Flavors include "Grape," "Moon Mist," and "Diet 60/40." Everywhere you live there is something like Faygo; Sam’s Cola, Cheerwine, Dr. Enuf, etc. Why do Juggalos like off-brand soda?Juggalos love drinking Faygo., spraying it on each other, and pouring it on people nearby. ICP shows spray lots of Faygo on the crowd; the effect looks like fake blood at a GWAR concert.Fake blood at a GWAR concert.If you attend, you won't leave clean. ICP legend says Violent J threw a Faygo bottle at a heckler during an early show. It exploded, drenching the audience, and that became the thing to do at an ICP show.

In 2000, one year after Woodstock ’99, ICP started their own festival for juggalos. The first Gathering of the Juggalos happened at the Novi Expo Center in Novi, MI, drawing 7,000 juggalos who wanted to see the group so much they almost started a riot.The Gathering had to end. A year later, the festival moved to Ohio. This cycle of moving, riots, and relocating happens almost every year. A venue decided it would not host the group after witnessing the chaos juggalos caused.The Gathering had to end. A year later, the festival moved to Ohio. This pattern—move, riot, move—happens nearly every year. A venue dropped the group because they saw the chaos juggalos caused.

No matter where the Gathering happens, it is a multi-day festival. ICP heads it, and only Psychopathic Records groups play. There have been...There is a sizable juggalo scene in Australia.Most people have fun at the festival while playing to juggalos. The documentary, American Juggalo, captures life at the Gathering of the Juggalos.

Insane Clown Posse and juggalos look like an American trend. The horror and hip-hop mix seems like something only a Midwest trailer park could create. Isolation from being an outcast isn't tied to a country; it's feeling without borders. This means ICP's carnival bark appeals to people globally. The largest group of juggalos outside the US is in Britain; they hold meetings there and get Hatchetman tattoos even though ICP...A writer for LA Weekly asked when is the right time to wear your face paint.A 2016 attendee of the Gathering of the Juggalos noted that most juggalos waited until ICP headlined the final night to apply their face paint. They stated there is no rule requiring people to cover themselves in the white and black grease paint. A wrestler named “Scruffy” claimed he had not worn his paint since being a teen in Indiana, and even then he only wore it to the mall just to mess with people.There is a sizable juggalo scene in Australia.This scene is reportedly very polite. If you travel anywhere in the English-speaking world, you will probably meet some juggalos.

Like Faygo, the white and black face paint of ICP matters in the juggalo community. Juggalos like to get wild. If you don't yell 'whoop whoop,' you become stale forever. However, they are relaxed about their dress code. So, when should you wear your face paint? A writer for...LA WeeklyA person who attended the Gathering of the Juggalos in 2016 noted that most juggalos waited until ICP headlined the final night to apply their face paint. They said there is no rule forcing people to put on the white and black grease paint. A wrestler named 'Scruffy' claimed he hadn't worn his paint since being a teen in Indiana, and even then he only wore it to the mall.Just to mess with people..”

For a deep look at juggalo style, the photo book...The Gathering of the JuggalosbyDaniel Cronin offers a visual look into the world of Insane Clown Posse without editorializing.He lets the juggalos and their style speak. He adds no commentary.

Insane Clown Posse attracts some minor celebrities. Kane Hodder, who played Jason Voorhees in four Friday the 13th films, is one such fan. He also likes Coolio’s "Gangster’s Paradise." Hodder wrote about this in his autobiography, Unmasked.Friday the 13th.filmsCoolio.Coolio gained fame from "Gangster’s Paradise" in Hodder’s autobiography.Unmasked.The actor writes about a run-in with a small-town police officer who arrested him just for wearing an ICP jersey. Hodder states, “When he asked about the jersey I could tell”He hated ICP.since he did, I decided to talk about how much I liked them… Things went bad, and Hodder ended up in a local jail cell. “They held me overnight and made me rake leaves on the town green the next day before letting me go… I have a feeling I’m not the only juggalo to go to jail because of ICP.”

Juggalos use much confusing slang, like “whoop whoop” to “ninja.” Although the whoops are somewhat clear, the origin of ninja remains confusing. Occam’s razor suggests “ninja” is just a way for Caucasian hip-hop fans to avoid saying racist things in their lyrics. However, juggalos have found a word origin that bypasses these views. A juggalo Redditor in 2012 wrote that the two ICP members grew up watching kung-fu movies, linking this to their ninja concept.Juggalos use whoop whoop.Some call them "ninja." Though the whoops are somewhat understandable, the ninja origin remains confusing. Occam’s razor suggests "ninja" is just a way for white hip-hop fans to excuse racist lyrics. However, Juggalos have an etymology that bypasses these views. A 2012 juggalo Redditor wrote that the two ICP members grew up watching kung-fu movies, linking this to their ninja concept.The idea behind being a ninja is that you cannot kill a true ninja. Our culture feels a juggalo never dies.A juggalo never dies.we live on in our music, art, and in the memories of those closest to us. So when we call ourselves ninjas, we mean we are immortal in our own way.

Reading about juggalos brings up the chaos of the Gathering of the Juggalos, Faygo, and face paint, but it misses the fact that juggalos run multiple charities. This is not as exciting as a group of juggalos dismantling the car of a thief.Juggalos dismantle the car of a thief.They do this piece by piece.The work juggalos do in their community needs mention. Juggalos Making A Difference exists. This group started in Salt Lake City, organizes fundraising events, and runs the Dead Stephanie Memorial Clean Up, which juggalos in Florida organize to clean highways after their friend Stephanie, who was diabetic and died in her sleep.Juggalos Make A Difference.which was started in Salt Lake City and organizes fundraising events, and the Dead Stephanie Memorial Clean Up which is made up of a group of juggalos that clean highways in Florida who named themselves after their friend Stephanie who was a diabetic who passed away in her sleep.

Until the FBI called juggalos a “hybrid gang,” they did not focus on politics. They chose to party in the woods and let things happen. But after their march on Washington met a counter march by Donald Trump supporters, it became impossible not to politicize juggalos. Nathan Rabin, a writer forAV Club.Who studied Juggalos extensively? Insane Clown Posse notes the Juggalos and the group are progressive, anti-bigotry, and interested in class-conscious hip-hop, featuring fantasies of people being whacked with hatchets. Rabin interviewed with NPR and pointed out they largely see themselves as "Juggalos are apolitical..

Juggalos are not a cult, but they have cult-like elements. They dress the same, use cryptic language and symbols, and meet yearly in the woods to give themselves to Insane Clown Posse leaders. Violent J, from Insane Clown Posse, stated the group strongly believes in heaven and hell, aiming for fans to reach heaven. Their religion is the "Dark Carnvial," a mythology running through all albums. J says this is not as black and white as Christianity. "The Dark Carnival is not a religion like the Ten Commandments. It is just a feeling of an overpowering "Somebody that loves you..

Insane Clown Posse is very macho. They rap about murder, odd sex acts, and things 13-year-old boys like. In 2010, Violent J told Wired, "Our stuff is definitely male-oriented." Are there female Juggalos? Or is this just a boys' club? Juggalettes exist and are a key part of the community.Bustle.Bustle spoke to Juggalettes at the Juggalo March on Washington. She found that like the men, the main thing about being a Juggalo was the idea of A family built on inclusivity.. One Juggalette from Indiana said, “I can stand next to somebody here or at the Gathering [of the Juggalos] or any other concerts, and they’re going to have my back, and I’m going to have their back as a family.”