Flightless Bird: Juggalos

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week on Flightless Bird, David dives into the insane world of Insane Clown Posse fans, who called themselves “Juggalos.” David is shocked to discover that due to the criminal enterprises of certain members of the fandom, the FBI decided to classify them as a gang. David talks to one of the first people to document Juggalo culture, Derek Erdman - before meeting another documentary maker who spent years with ICP’s “Violent J” and “Shaggy 2 Dope”, unlocking the magic that makes this band a $10 million-dollars-a-year business. With the annual Gathering of the Juggalos approaching, David learns ICP and their fans tell the story of a very specific part of American culture, that isn’t going away anytime soon. “Woop woop!”

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0:00.0	I'm David Farrier in New Zealander who ended up accidentally marooned in America, and
0:05.1	I want to grasp what makes this country tick.
0:07.7	Now I've always had a fascination with subcultures, be it heavy metal music fans, live action
0:13.6	role players, people who like to dress up as furries, or adults who like to tickle each
0:19.1	other.
0:20.1	But there's one subculture that's always felt like such a mystery to me, and it could
0:24.9	only have been created in the United States of America.
0:28.7	Woo-poo!
0:30.7	Woo-poo!
0:31.7	Woo-poo!
0:32.7	Woo-poo!
0:33.7	Woo-poo!
0:34.7	It's the cry of the juggalos, a subculture of fans that adore a rap group from Detroit called
0:39.9	insane clown posse, ICP for short.
0:43.2	I remember first hearing about the group when I was at school in New Zealand, best song
0:47.0	miracles even a hit down under.
0:49.0	GQ Magazine has called ICP the worst rappers of all time.
1:10.2	Despite lines like fucking magnets, how do they work, or maybe because of lines like
1:15.4	that, the rappers have been around for over three decades, according to the band their
1:19.7	music empire brings in around $10 million a year.
1:23.6	That's largely thanks to their incredibly loyal fan base of so-called juggalos, who
1:28.1	often wear black and white face paint like their heroes.
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