“We’ve always been kind of known as the ‘World’s Most-Hated Band,’ and that’s for real,” says Violent J of Detroit’s notorious, face-painted hardcore hip-hop duo Insane Clown Posse, as he sits with his ICP partner of three decades, Shaggy 2 Dope, at Yahoo Entertainment on the release day of their 15th studio album, Fearless Fred Fury. “Our whole career, [we have been] battling all that. We’ve always dreaded being old-school. We don’t want to be labeled old-school. But once we got to the point where we’re undeniably old-school, it seems to be, by far, the most rewarding part of our career.”
“Big time. You’re an elder. We get accepted,” says Shaggy. “Earlier today, we got called ‘hip-hop legends.’ It’s like, wow, our whole career had even trouble being accepted as hip-hop, and now we’re being considered hip-hop legends.”
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