Editing Horrorcore (section)

==Characteristics==

Horrorcore defines a style of hip hop music that focuses primarily on dark, violent, [[gothic fiction|gothic]], [[Transgressive art|transgressive]], [[macabre]] and/or [[horror fiction|horror]]-influenced topics such as [[death]], [[psychosis]], [[psychological horror]], [[mental illness]], [[satanism]], [[self-harm]], [[Human cannibalism|cannibalism]], [[mutilation]], [[suicide]], [[murder]], [[torture]], [[Substance abuse|drug abuse]], and [[supernatural]] or [[occult]] themes. The lyrics are often inspired by [[Horror film|horror movies]] and are performed over moody, hardcore beats.<ref name="Meyer">Meyer, Frank. (October 28, 2004) [http://www.g4tv.com/articles/50154/frankly-speaking-halloween-horror-core-hip-hop/ Frankly Speaking: Halloween Horror-core Hip Hop] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706114656/http://www.g4tv.com/articles/50154/frankly-speaking-halloween-horror-core-hip-hop/ |date=July 6, 2015 }} g4tv. Retrieved 2008-09-14.</ref> According to rapper [[Mars (rapper)|Mars]], "If you take [[Stephen King]] or [[Wes Craven]] and you throw them on a rap beat, that's who I am".<ref>Darcy, Pohland. (May 19, 2005) [http://wcco.com/redlake/2.348830.html The dark world Of Horrorcore music] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124055915/http://wcco.com/redlake/2.348830.html |date=November 24, 2007 }} [[WCCO-TV]]. Accessed November 4, 2007.</ref> Horrorcore was described by ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' in 1995 as a "blend of [[hardcore hip hop|hardcore rap]] and bloodthirsty [[Heavy metal music|metal]]".<ref>Browne, David. (Feb 24, 1995) [https://ew.com/article/1995/02/24/music-over-last-five-years/ Fifth anniversary music]  ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''. Accessed November 4, 2007.</ref> The lyrical content of horrorcore is sometimes described as being similar to that of [[death metal]], and some have referred to the genre as "death rap".<ref name="Strauss">{{cite news |first=Neil |last=Strauss |title=''When Rap Meets the Undead'' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/18/arts/pop-view-when-rap-meets-the-undead.html?sec=&spon= |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 18, 1994 |access-date=April 25, 2009 |archive-date=June 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625135758/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/18/arts/pop-view-when-rap-meets-the-undead.html?sec=&spon= |url-status=live }}</ref> Horrorcore artists often feature dark imagery in their music videos and base musical elements of songs upon [[horror film score]]s.<ref name="Strauss" />