As mentioned in earlier articles, ICP Gear is renowned for a reason. Never before has any hip hop artist built such a vast empire of merchandise to promote their musical career. Psychopathic Records artist Insane Clown Posse is one of the best at this in the entire music industry, and the product offering visible on hatchetgear.com proves why.

Before we get into the media-based ICP gear like Insane Clown Posse movies and CDs, let’s look at the basics. ICP gear like backpacks, bags, purses, and sunglasses are just a few of the items that, while not extremely unique, are a more unique merchandise offering than 90% of the other bands out there. Most of this kind of merchandise can be found for the majority of Psychopathic Records artists that are selling merch on hatchetgear.com.

For instance, Psychopathic Records super group Dark Lotus has similar items branded with the Dark Lotus name and logo, just like ICP has every day items branded with the hatchetman to make them official ICP gear.

When we move beyond this type of ICP gear is where things get really interesting. Still not talking about Insane Clown Posse movies, but how many bands can claim they have flags? Flags for their record label, Psychopathic Records? What about key chains? Lighters? Jewelry? Not many is the answer. But that’s not even the most unique ICP gear offering available through hatchetgear. That prize goes to the ICP comic books!

In another smart marketing move, this piece of ICP gear was released by Psychopathic Records and talks about how it was the dream of Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope to create their own record label, which is what we know today as Psychopathic Records. Marketing ICP gear and the record label all at once, both owned by the band. Brilliant!

What personality doesn’t come across in Insane Clown Posse movies will definitely come out when penned by one of the band members. Even Psychopathic Records artists that have intense imagery and storylines don’t venture there, that is unless that Psychopathic Records artist is Insane Clown Posse.

Last but certainly not least are the Insane Clown Posse movies up for sale on hatchetgear.com.  Now I know that not every band has the budget to produce a movie like the Insane Clown Posse movies, and that it’s not smart for any entity to spend that much money on a release like the Insane Clown Posse movies unless they have a robust budget to back it up. It goes without saying that the Insane Clown Posse movies were released because J and Dope knew they had the resources to do this and fans that would swallow up and Insane Clown Posse movie.

Similar to the Psychopathic Records / ICP comic book relationship mentioned above, I wouldn’t be surprised if Psychopathic Records owns the rights to the Insane Clown Posse movies too! Two of the Insane Clown Posse movies available for purchase here are documentaries: A Family Underground and Shockumentary. The other, Insane Clown Posse movie Big Money Rustlas, while not a documentary, is Just as entertaining to watch!

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To learn more about how ICP leverages standard ICP gear, Insane Clown Posse movies, and how other Psychopathic Records artists do the same, please visit http://www.hatchetgear.com/bands/icp.html.

 
So you’re jaded with the Insane Clown Posse shtick. You think you’ve seen it all – all the songs, all the albums, all the concerts, all Faygo, all the Juggalo wrestling, all the ICP gear. Everything there is to do ICP, you’ve been there, done that.
But wait, what are you referring to when you say you’ve seen all the Juggalo wrestling? Are you only considering the Juggalo wrestling you’ve witnessed at the Gathering of the Juggalos? Or maybe not only the Juggalo wrestling, but also the Juggalette oil wrestling? Because if that’s the only ICP-oriented wrestling you know about, you’re missing out! Especially on when Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope were ECW wrestlers!

Which brings me to my point – if you only know about the above mentioned types of Juggalo wrestling, then you don’t know about ECW Wrestlers or JWO wrestling, two kinds of Juggalo wrestling that are pretty big but not directly under ICP’s musical property umbrella. And if you don’t know about ECW wrestlers of JWO wrestling, then you must not have any of that Juggalo wrestling ICP gear, available in the ICP online merch store with the rest of the ICP gear.

We’ll get to the available ICP gear in a minute, but for now let’s look at the background of these types of Juggalo wrestling. Don’t forget that both Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope were aspiring wrestling stars in their own right before they grew disillusioned with the politics of ECW wrestlers and management and gave it all a rest.

Back in those days (90s), both competed in amateur wrestling rings independently from 1990-1997, and then formed the Insane Clown Posse wrestling team in 1998 when they began competing as ECW Wrestlers.  After this stint as ECW wrestlers, they moved onto compete in WWF wrestling for a while, but it didn’t last very long.

Regardless of the reason why they didn’t compete long as ECW wrestlers, it’s clear that Juggalo wrestling is something they are passionate about, seeing as they’ve made every effort to create new Juggalo wrestling programs and leagues over the past 10 years. Their most recent effort in the arena is the JWO (Juggalo World Order), a professional wrestling stable that feeds into another ICP project, JCW (Juggalo Championship Wrestling). These wrestlers might not be as well known as ECW wrestlers, but they’re still important on the amateur wrestling scene.

It’s difficult to follow, I know, but once you do a little more research on various Juggalo wrestling entities it will all make more sense. Let’s focus on the related ICP gear available.

If you didn’t believe yet that Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope were ICP gear marketing masterminds by now, then you don’t have an excuse for not knowing now! The guys have designed a plethora of ICP gear for Juggalo wrestlers – JWO shirts and stickers, hats, and a ton of DVDs featuring JCW matches, some of which include wrestlers that had stints as ECW wrestlers, just like Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J did way back when.

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ECW wrestlers, fans of all Juggalo wrestling and wrestling in general, the guys in ICP have made sure not to leave the wrestling component of their careers out of the ICP gear store. To learn more about ICP gear for wrestling enthusiasts, please visit http://www.hatchetgear.com/bands/jcw.html.

 
Most fans of hip hop are male. An even larger percentage of the horror rap fan base is male. That leads us to the grand conclusion that almost all of Insane Clown Posse fans are also male. However, that conclusion is incorrect.
Anyone who’s ever been to an ICP concert or the Gathering of the Juggalos can tell you that Juggalettes (female Juggalos) abound. Juggalettes can be seen donning whatever ICP gear they can get their hands on, and Juggalettes never stop short of anything their male counterparts will do to display their ICP fandom.

For instance, Juggalettes paint their faces, shower in Faygo, and even oil-wrestle each other in competition at every Gathering of the Juggalos. Some Juggalettes are even attractive enough to compete in the annual Juggalette beauty pageant that takes place at GOTJ every year.

Now that that myth has been debunked, let’s tackle the more important question at hand: With all the extra large and baggy ICP gear available for Juggalos to sport in pride of their favorite band, what are Juggalettes supposed to wear to do the same? Fear not. Once visit to hatchetgear.com will have any fashionable Juggalette’s mind at ease.

First, feast your eyes upon the Insane Clown Posse shirt selection. Not all Insane Clown Posse shirts are the same loose, baggy style you see Juggalos flaunting. Nor are all Insane Clown Posse shirts of the novelty type – their only purpose to catch attention of passersby. (Which Insane Clown Posse shirts do you prefer – novelty or traditional?)

Hatchetgear.com has a Girl’s Apparel section, the first items in which are Insane Clown Posse shirts for women. In just one more demonstration of Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope’s marketing genius when it comes to ICP gear, every Insane Clown Posse shirt in this store is cross-promoting an album. For the rebellious Juggalettes that enjoy brazenly displaying their renegade spirit, there is an Insane Clown Posse shirt that proudly boasts the band to be “the most hated band in the world.” 

Furthermore, if plain Insane Clown Posse shirts aren’t enough to display your sense of belonging in the Juggalette clan, then the Insane Clown Posse shirt displaying the Juggalo flag (more ICP gear marketing) might do it for you.

The most outrageous piece of ICP gear for women that is not an Insane Clown Posse shirt is undoubtedly the ICP gear thong. How many other bands manufacture merchandise as unique and pointed as this example of ICP gear? Of course not all of the Insane Clown Posse shirts will blow you away, but it’s moves like this one with the ICP gear thong that really show Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope’s dedication to their fan base.

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Insane Clown Posse shirts and other ICP gear is not only highly diverse in its offering, but also very marketable to every demographic that chooses to wear it. To learn more about the Insane Clown Posse shirts and other ICP gear available to Juggalos and Juggalettes, please visit http://hatchetgear.com/bands/icp.html