Horrorcore

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A subgenre of hip-hop music with horror-themed lyrics and imagery. uncountable

    "Lots of us remember the pioneering zeal that the Gravediggaz unleashed on their debut disc, 1994's 6 Feet Deep — a ghoulish effort that spawned the so-called horrorcore genre."

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"Lots of us remember the pioneering zeal that the Gravediggaz unleashed on their debut disc, 1994's 6 Feet Deep — a ghoulish effort that spawned the so-called horrorcore genre."

Etymology

From horror + -core.

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hip hop

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