Editing Horrorcore (section)

==Controversy==

In September 1996, Joseph Edward "Bubba" Gallegos, an 18-year-old from [[Bayfield, Colorado]], killed his roommates after ingesting [[methamphetamine]] and listening repeatedly to horrorcore rapper [[Brotha Lynch Hung]]'s song "Locc 2 da Brain". Brotha Lynch Hung is considered a horrorcore pioneer and even created his own horrorcore sub-category called "Ripgut" which is known for even more graphic lyrics dealing with hardcore gore, torture, and cannibalism. After attempting to kill his ex-girlfriend and taking two other students hostage, Gallegos was in turn killed by police.<ref name="Gallegos">{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-09-27-mn-48081-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first1=J.R. | last1=Moehringer | first2=Michael G. | last2=Wagner | title=O.C. Trio's Killing Carefully Planned | date=September 27, 1996 | access-date=August 27, 2022 | archive-date=October 4, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004221443/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-09-27/news/mn-48081_1_joseph-edward-gallegos | url-status=live }}</ref> Gallegos was said to be a massive fan of Brotha Lynch Hung and his minister suggested that the music played a role in the killings, although he provided no evidence to back up that claim. Similar claims have been made about other violent acts and music, although there is "wide disagreement among experts over what effect--if any--music with violent content has on listeners".<ref name="Gallegos2">{{cite news |first=Reza |last=H. G. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-09-28-mn-48251-story.html |title=Rap's Role in Crime Refuels Lyrics Debate |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 28, 1996 |access-date=June 1, 2010 |archive-date=June 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626043415/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-09-28-mn-48251-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1999, horrorcore group [[Insane Clown Posse]] (ICP) was considered a potential influence on school shooters [[Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold]]. ICP responded that if the shooters had been "[[Juggalos]]" (fans of ICP), they would have "gotten the whole damn school".<ref name="Columbine" /> However, Brooks Brown, the best friend of [[Dylan Klebold]] and a friend of both the shooters, was a Juggalo and had introduced Klebold to Insane Clown Posse's music.<ref name="BrooksBrown"/>

Some police departments in the United States claim that [[Juggalo gangs]] have been linked to violent crimes. [[Arizona Department of Public Safety]] Detective Michelle Vasey has expressed concern at what she describes as the Juggalos' high potential for violence, stating, "The weapons, they prefer, obviously, hatchets ... We've got battle-axes, we've got machetes, anything that can make the most violent, gruesome wound", and, "Some of the homicides we're seeing with these guys are pretty nasty, gruesome, disgusting homicides, where they don't care who's around, what's around, they're just out to kill anybody".<ref name="vasey1">{{cite web |last=Bashir |first=Martin |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/law-enforcement-claims-horrorcore-genre-incites-crime/story?id=9739420#.UJtSV-Sunww |title=Law Enforcement Claims 'Horrorcore' Genre Incites Crime – ABC News |publisher=Abcnews.go.com |date=March 9, 2010 |access-date=November 8, 2012 |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#.UJtSV-Sunww |url-status=live }}</ref> A 2017 [[Denver Police Department]] guide claimed that even Juggalos who are not affiliated with a gang are prone to commit "murder, shootings, [[kidnapping]], [[rape]], [[necrophilia]], [[Human cannibalism|cannibalism]], [[assault]], and [[arson]]", and that "such acts give a Juggalo a sense of pride and street credit amongst peers", although it acknowledged that the author had not "been able to find a significant source of collected data on the Juggalos" to substantiate those claims.<ref name=muckrock>{{Cite web|url=https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/aug/21/denver-polices-field-guide-juggalos/|title=The Denver Police's field guide to Juggalos|website=MuckRock|date=August 21, 2017|access-date=October 14, 2019|archive-date=December 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223012734/https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/aug/21/denver-polices-field-guide-juggalos/|url-status=live}}</ref> Allegedly horrorcore-related criminal activity has, in rare cases, even included ad-hoc [[domestic terrorism]], such as when a Juggalo-led terrorist cell calling itself the "Black Snake Militia" attempted to raid a [[National Guard (United States)|National Guard]] armory in 2012.<ref name="BSM">{{Cite web|url=http://www.citypages.com/news/bucky-rogers-alleged-minnesota-terrorist-is-a-juggalo-photos-6544528|title=Bucky Rogers, alleged Minnesota terrorist, is a juggalo [PHOTOS]|first=Aaron|last=Rupar|website=City Pages|access-date=October 14, 2019|archive-date=July 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723005723/http://www.citypages.com/news/bucky-rogers-alleged-minnesota-terrorist-is-a-juggalo-photos-6544528|url-status=live}}</ref>