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{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Use American English|date=March 2023}} {{short description|American independent record label}} {{Infobox record label | name = Psychopathic Records | image = Hatchetman.png | image_size = 100 | founded = {{start date|1991}} | founder = {{plainlist| * [[Insane Clown Posse]] & * [[Alex Abbiss]]}} | distributor = {{plainlist| * [[RED Distribution]] * (2002β2009) (2015β2018) * [[Fontana Distribution|InGrooves/Fontana]] * (2010β2014) * [[Epitaph Records|Epitaph]] * (2001), (In Europe 2004β) * [[Alternative Distribution Alliance|ADA]] * (2019β) }} | genre = {{hlist|[[Horrorcore]]|[[rap rock]]}} | country = United States | location = [[Farmington Hills, Michigan]] | website = {{Official URL}} }} '''Psychopathic Records''' is an American [[independent record label]] headquartered in [[Farmington Hills, Michigan]]. The label is most associated with the [[hip hop music|hip-hop music]] subgenres [[horrorcore]] and [[rap rock]]. The label was founded in 1991 by Alex Abbiss and hip hop group [[Insane Clown Posse]]. The iconography of a man with a meat cleaver has been used for years as a symbol of the group, [[Juggalo|its fanbase]], and its associates. In addition to producing music, Psychopathic also produces [[Merchandising|merchandise]], video, and [[professional wrestling]]. Psychopathic runs its own manufacturing and distribution operations for merchandise, with nearly 30 full-time employees.<ref name="Wired">{{cite web |url = https://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/11/ff_icp/all/1?pid=3891 |title = How Two Outcast Rappers Built an Insane Clown Empire |last = Raftery |first = Brian |date = November 29, 2010 |website = Wired.com |access-date = December 1, 2010 |archive-date = November 6, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121106033745/http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/11/ff_icp/all/1?pid=3891 |url-status = live }}</ref> In 2009β2010, the label had about $10 million in annual revenue.<ref name="PopMatters">{{cite web |url = http://www.popmatters.com/pm/article/115375-icps-lucrative-empire-includes-clothing-comic-books-dvds-and-even-wr/ |title = ICP's lucrative empire includes clothing, comic books, DVDs and even wrestling exhibitions |last = McCollum |first = Brian |date = October 27, 2009 |publisher = PopMatters.com |access-date = April 18, 2010 |archive-date = October 20, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121020163523/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/article/115375-icps-lucrative-empire-includes-clothing-comic-books-dvds-and-even-wr/ |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Nightline">{{Cite news |title = Law Enforcement Claims 'Horrorcore' Genre Incites Crime |work = Nightline |author = Martin Bashir |author2 = Mary Marsh |date = March 9, 2010 |url = https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/law-enforcement-claims-horrorcore-genre-incites-crime/story?id=9739420 |access-date = June 28, 2020 |archive-date = September 18, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130918115335/https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/law-enforcement-claims-horrorcore-genre-incites-crime/story?id=9739420 |url-status = live }}</ref> The recording studio for the label was called The Lotus Pod.
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