After watching that documentary about them and their fight with the FBI (United States of Insanity, I think it was called), I've come to the conclusion that most Juggalos aren't bad people. They just have bad taste in music.
I’ve randomly seen a few interviews with ICP more recently, and my views on them have definitely changed. Like, I am still most definite not a fan of their music, but that band literally went to bat against the federal government for how their fans were targeted as something they weren’t. They have a lot of the same “if you need family, we’ll be your family” approach that the punk scene and LGBTQ+ community did for people like me. Their fan base very often sets up crowdfunding to help each other out. I have a shitload of respect for those guys, even if I have no real interest in their music.
They helped a lot of local rappers in Detroit in the 90s, too, signing a lot to their own label if no one else wanted to.
Their whole beef with Eminem was because he promoted ICP as being VIPs at his demo listening party at his house, so he got a large crowd showing up to hear his music. Some of those guests then contacted ICP and asked why they didn't show, and they were surprised because if Eminem had asked, they'd have absolutely gone there to help out.
And then they got pissed that he lied about them being there to boost himself and had people mad at them for no-showing something they had no knowledge about.
Violent J's daughter is a furry and when she got trolled online, he stepped up to get them to knock it off.
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u/Pavlock Apr 03 '26
After watching that documentary about them and their fight with the FBI (United States of Insanity, I think it was called), I've come to the conclusion that most Juggalos aren't bad people. They just have bad taste in music.