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 ...

TRAD TKO’s Andy Gatenby could barely hide the disappointment he felt, after learning that the highly anticipated clash with former British, Commonwealth and European Champ, Esham Pickering, on the ...

Six years before “The Purple Tape,” Raekwon’s classic, got etched into the annals of HipHop history for all eternity there was The Red Tape. That s### is a classic in its own right. I’ll never forget ...

Hip-Hop horrocore Detroit rap veteran Esham will be returning to engrave his name on this year’s Halloween season with a new hour long creep show experience, Hellaween: Pure Horror. Dropping on CD and ...

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When you think about the pioneers of Detroit hip-hop, no one quite compares to Esham A. Smith. As Esham, the then-16 year-old rapper released his iconic first album, Boomin Words From Hell, in 1989 ...

Members of the rap group D12 and their entourage allegedly attacked underground rapper Esham and a member of his group NATAS on the Vans Warped Tour after Esham’s Aug. 3 performance in Philadelphia, ...

2001 - Chart-topping rap outfit D12 carries out a brutal assault on Detroit rap rivals Esham and T.N.T. The incident occurs during a tour stop in Camden, N.J., and leaves T.N.T. with bruises and… By ...

The opera I Pagliacci may have spawned the murderous harlequin, but ICP elevated it to, well, something similar to an art form, if you count merchandising and marketing. The homicidal Juggalos’ ...