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Juggalos (aka JSC – Juggalo Street Crew) and the Insane Clown Posse (ICP)

Fast Facts

• ICP rap group founded in the late 1980s in Detroit, MI
• Joseph Bruce (Violent J)
• Joseph Utsler (Shaggy 2 Dope)
• ICP released several albums under Psychopathic Records
• ICP originally stood for ‘Inner City Posse’
• After a reported dream by Violent J about the ‘Dark Carnival’ ICP changed to ‘Insane Clown Posse’.
• The term ‘Juggalo’ was first used in 1994 during a concert
• There are over 1 million followers in the Juggalo fan base
•  Instructed to send “message” called the “Six Joker Cards.”
•  Dress in clown makeup.
•  Juggalos comes from the song called “The Juggla,” meaning the neck.
•  Have their own gang signs and gang slang such as:

1. Ninja – friend or homie

2. Neden – vagina

3. Samarai – older Juggalo

• Juggalo sub-sets that behave like gangs have engaged in:

• Murder
• Assault
• Robbery
• Drug Possession/Sales
• Theft
• Vandalism

“The Juggalos, a loosely-organized hybrid gang, are rapidly expanding into many US communities  although recognized as a gang in only four states, many Juggalos subsets exhibit gang-like behavior and engage in criminal activity…”

~2011 National Gang Threat Assessment.