Heroes of Horrorcore: A Look at Rap’s Most Sinister Subgenre

Beyond gritty urban realism and past the over-the-top bravado of gangsta rap lies horrorcore, a rap subgenre steeped in slasher movie imagery and augmented by masks, creepy contact lenses, face paint, and proud proclamations of mental instability. This list is an exploration of some of rap’s great horrorcore songs and artists.

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Theodore Carter is the author of Stealing The Scream, Frida Sex Dreams and Other Unnerving Disruptions, and The Life Story of a Chilean Sea Blob and Other Matters of Importance. His fiction has appeared in The North American Review, Pank, Necessary Fiction, and elsewhere. Carter’s street art projects have earned attention from The Washington Post, The Washington City Paper, several D.C. TV news stations, and other outlets. In 2019, he organized the Night of 1,000 Fridas, an event spanning 5 continents that brought over 1,000 images of Frida Kahlo out into public view on the same night. More at www.theodorecarter.com.

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