When somebody bathes in blood and guts, swings from hanging bodies or sews together dismembered parts — that’s horror. And so naturally when rappers embody this realm, it’s called horrorcore. But true ...

What has kept hip-hop fresh for almost 40 years are the constant innovations from various regional sub-genres. But for some reason there's always been a challenge with properly tracking the dark ...

Rowdy Williams takes off a driving glove and points out a tiny white scar on the side of his hand where a sixth finger used to be. Williams, a hip-hop artist who performs as Ganxsta Nip, believes he's ...

Following on the heels of gangsta rap, hip-hop sub-genre horrorcore arrived towards the end of ’80s. Pushing creativity to the extreme by combining hardcore rap with sinister, horror film-inspired ...

IT’S HARDER than death metal. More explicit than gangsta rap. Its lyrics routinely — and graphically — detail murder, rape and kidnapping. And it’s incredibly popular with some listeners. It’s called ...

Since immigrating from Russia in 1992, Ivan Ovchinnikov — better known by his stage name, Scum — has grown into one of the best-selling horrorcore artists in the country, through relentless touring ...

While horrorcore artists like Gravediggaz have all but disappeared, many of the characteristics of the sub-genre carry-on albeit with less fanfare. These haunting words, from Wu-Tang affiliate Shabazz ...

In Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, Juliet famously poses the question “What’s in a name?”. Well, when it comes to 23 year-old rapper Lil Uzi Vert, the answer to that inquiry may produce an interesting ...

FARMVILLE, Va. (CBS/AP) Sam "Syko Sam" McCroskey, who aspired to being a "horrorcore" rapper, pleaded guilty Monday to killing four people in central Virginia and was sentenced to life in prison.

In the past month, two seemingly unrelated violent homicides have been connected by one thread -- both defendants were fans of a music genre called "horrorcore." Horrorcore, rap music classified by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born Aaron Dontez Yates, Tech N9ne embarked on a journey with the eccentric at an early age. His mother, diagnosed with lupus, ...

While hip-hop is a worldwide multi-billion dollar industry at this point, a big part of what’s kept rap music so fresh and vibrant for almost 40 years now is the constant innovations coming from its ...