Why The Fuss? The Tila Tequila-ICP and ICP-Eminem Feuds Examined

Anyone who’s familiar with Detroit Horror Rap duo Insane Clown Posse is also familiar with their well-known tiffs, chiefly the fellow Detroiter Eminem feud and also the Tila Tequila-ICP feud. In fact, it wouldn’t be that much of a shock if a lot of music fans first became aware of ICP through the Eminem feud and Tila Tequila-ICP feud. But what is it about ICP that makes them so divisive with their contemporaries? To find out, we must examine both the Tila Tequila-ICP Gathering of the Juggalos feud and the old school Eminem feud.

The Eminem feud goes way back to 1997, before Eminem was a household name and before the Gathering of the Juggalos had ever existed. Strangely enough, it was about 12 whole years before the names Tila-Tequila and ICP would ever be associated with one another.

The Eminem feud started because Eminem had included ICP as a guest act one of his EP release party fliers when he was an unknown MC in Detroit. Angry about not being consulted for such an appearance, Violent J rejected the offer to appear, which Eminem took as a personal offense and began insulting ICP with every chance he got.  Hence the Eminem feud began.

The two parties hurled insults back and forth for years, but realized they had bigger things to worry about in 2005 and resolved it all. Since, it has even been rumored that Eminem might even some day appear on an Insane Clown Posse track or at the Gathering of the Juggalos.

Fresher in the minds of Tila Tequila and ICP fans is the infamous Tila Tequila-ICP Gathering of the Juggalos incident of 2009. For some inexplicable reason, both Tila Tequila and ICP thought it would be a good idea for her to play the Gathering of the Juggalos horror rap music festival that year. Once rumors began circulating that Juggalos might pull something during her set, Violent J tried to get her to back out and said they would pay her regardless, but she was relentless in her desire to play the set.

The booing and object-hurling that resulted has gone down in Gathering of the Juggalos lore. To make matters worse, Tila Tequila proceeded to fabricate a story about Juggalos chasing her back to her trailer and rocking it back and forth. Needless to say, that did not happen at her Gathering of the Juggalos appearance, and has never / will never happen at any Gathering of the Juggalos. Not even if Eminem (feud now over) performed at the Gathering of the Juggalos.

After analyzing both the Tila Tequila-ICP feud and the Eminem feud, it becomes apparent that ICP is no more antagonistic than any mainstream rock act out there. Celebrity disagreements bubble into well-publicized grudges on a regular basis, ICP has just been victimized due to their genre of music and the high profile of artists they’ve fought with. Now getting up there in their years, it would be surprising if ICP partook in anything resembling the Eminem feud or Tila Tequila-ICP feud during the rest of their career, especially at an event as well-known as Gathering of the Juggalos.

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Insane Clown Posse has had their fair share of disagreements with other celebrities, as evident in their Eminem feud and the Tila Tequila-ICP Gathering of the Juggalos feud, but there’s more to each story than meets the eye. To learn more about Insane Clown Posse and their contemporaries, please visit http://insaneclownposse.com.

Four Crazy Eminem Feuds

There's no doubting that Eminem has enjoyed a spot as one of the top hip-hop artists of the past decade and a half. But the outspoken Detroit rappers has also been one of the top hip-hop artists to battle through public feuds over and over again. Eminem feuds have included spats with the mother of his daughter and his own mother, infamously. Eminem feuds have, however, also included public fights with other top hip-hop artists, and even musicians from other genres. Here are some of the most infamous Eminem feuds from the musical world. Christina Aguilera vs. Eminem: This was one of the earliest Eminem feuds, when both he and Aguilera were basically starting out in their careers and Eminem wasn't yet one of the country's top hip-hop artists. Apparently Eminem had tried to flirt with her and she dismissed it publicly in an interview. So in typical Eminem style, he made fun of her in his top hip-hop song "The Real Slim Shady," implying she had slept with MTV's Carson Daly and Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst. Years later Aguilera attended a screening of Eminem's film 8 Mile, though, proving that this was one of the least serious Eminem feuds. Moby vs. Eminem: This was one of the less serious Eminem feuds, but it came when Em had just firmly established himself as one of the country's top hip-hop artists. Moby took offense to many of the lyrics popular in the top hip-hop of the late '90s, but particularly Eminem's, calling it misogynistic and homophobic. Eminem answered by including a jab at Moby in his top hip-hop song "Without Me." He even dressed up as Moby to parody him in the video for the song. Ja Rule vs. Eminem: This was one of the most public Eminem feuds with a fellow top hip-hop artist. Unlike other Eminem feuds, Eminem didn't start this one himself but rather continued it out of solidarity with his associate, top hip-hop artist 50 Cent. 50 Cent had himself been feuding with Ja Rule, ostensibly over the latter's level of authenticity as a rapper. It escalated from there, and Eminem jumped in, releasing dis tracks with lines meant to insult Ja Rule, like "Bump Heads" and "Hail Mary." ICP vs. Eminem: ICP vs. Eminem is one of the most infamous Eminem feuds. Both Insane Clown Posse and Eminem hail from Detroit, but ICP had established its career long before Eminem's. As legend has it, the ICP vs. Eminem feud began when Eminem falsely promoted a show in Detroit saying ICP would play. They were angry he didn't even bother to ask until they confronted him about the flyer. From there, the ICP vs. Eminem feud escalated. For one thing, Eminem said in an interview he personally didn't take the ICP vs. Eminem feud seriously because he didn't consider them artists. Later he took aim at them in tracks like "Marshall Mathers," making the ICP vs. Eminem feud worse by referring to ICP as "Fa**ot 2 Dope and Silent Gay." While those were fighting words, in the long run the ICP vs. Eminem feud did more to help ICP than anything else. At that point, Eminem had mainstream status while ICP was still somewhat underground, and the ICP vs. Eminem feud drove new fans to at least check out their music. Many became fans of the group's outrageous lyrics and nonchalant attitude to the ICP vs. Eminem feud, and wound up squarely in ICP's camp. Resource Box The ICP vs. Eminem feud wasn't the only thing that attracted fans to Insane Clown Posse. The group had already been building up a massive underground fan base for years based on their provocative lyrics and unforgettable appearance. To find out more about ICP, visit the official Insane Clown Posse web site at http://www.insaneclownposse.com.