Not to be confused with Terrorcore.

Horrorcore is a subgenre of hip hop music based in horror-themed lyrical content and imagery. While the style is rarely popular, some performers have sold well in the mainstream scene.

Origins[link]

The stylistic origins of horrorcore can be traced to the Geto Boys, whose debut album, Making Trouble, contains the dark and violent horror-influenced track "Assassins", which was cited by Joseph Bruce (Violent J of the horrorcore group Insane Clown Posse) in his book Behind The Paint, as the first horrorcore rap. Bruce says that the Geto Boys continued to pioneer the style with their second release, Grip It! On That Other Level, with songs such as "Mind of a Lunatic" and "Trigga-Happy Nigga".^[1] Ganksta N-I-P's debut album, The South Park Psycho (1992), includes the song "Horror Movie Rap" which samples the soundtrack from the 1978 film Halloween.^[2][3] Big L's debut single "Devil's Son" (1993) is considered horrorcore.^[4] The group Insane Poetry, on their debut Grim Reality (1992),^[5] and Esham, with Boomin' Words from Hell (1989), both incorporated horror imagery with their lyrics.^[6] Kool Keith claims to have "invented horrorcore".^[7] The term gained prominence in 1994 with the release of Flatlinerz' U.S.A. (Under Satan's Authority) and Gravediggaz' Niggamortis (released in the U.S. as 6 Feet Deep).^{[2][8][9][10]}

The genre is not popular with mainstream audiences as a whole; however, performers such as Insane Clown Posse, Twiztid, and Necro have sold well.^[2] The genre has thrived in Internet culture and sustains an annual "supershow" in Detroit called "Wickedstock".^[11] Every Halloween since 2003, Horrorcore artists worldwide get together online and release a free compilation titled "devilz nite".^[12] According to the January 2004 BBC documentary Underground USA, the subgenre "has a massive following across the US" and "is spreading to Europe".^[11] Rolling Stone in 2007 referred to it as a "short-lived trend" that "generated more shlock than shock."^[13] New York Magazine put horrorcore in the spotlight by listing off the ten most horrifying horrorcore rappers.^[14] Spin Magazine asked Violent J of Insane Clown Posse to list off his favorite horrorcore songs. Songs included, The Dayton Family's "What's On My Mind", Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's "Mr. Ouija", and Necro's "Billie Jean 2005".^[15]

Characteristics[link]

Horrorcore defines a style of hip hop music that focuses primarily around horror-influenced topics that can include cannibalism, suicide and murder. The lyrics are often inspired by horror movies over moody, hardcore beats.^[16] According to rapper Mars, "If you take Stephen King or Wes Craven and you throw them on a rap beat, that's who I am."^[17] Horrorcore was described by Entertainment Weekly in 1995 as a "blend of hardcore rap and bloodthirsty metal."^[18] The lyrical content of horrorcore is sometimes described as being similar to that of death metal, and some have referred to the genre as death rap.^[19] Horrorcore artists often feature dark imagery in their music videos and base musical elements of songs upon horror film scores.^[19]

Notable representatives[link]

• Big L^[20][21]
• Brotha Lynch Hung^[22]
• Cage^[23][24]
• D12 and Eminem ^[25][26]
• Esham and Natas^[2][6][27]
• Flatlinerz^[8]
• Ganksta N-I-P^[2][3]
• Geto Boys^[2][3]
• Gravediggaz^[2][9]
• Hopsin
• Insane Clown Posse^[2]
• Insane Poetry^[2][5]
• King Gordy^[28]
• Kool Keith^[7]
• Kung Fu Vampire^[29]
• Mars^[30]
• Necro^[31]
• OFWGKTA
• Prozak^[32]
• Suspekt^[33]
• Tech N9ne^[34]
• Three 6 Mafia^[35]
• Twiztid^[36]

References[link]

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King Gordy
King Gordy in 2010.
Background information
Birth name	Waverly W. Alford III
Also known as	Cobain The Dead, The King Of Horrorcore, Dark Lord Vader
Born	(1977-08-18) August 18, 1977 (age 34)
Origin	Detroit, Michigan, United States
Genres	Hardcore hip hop, horrorcore
Years active	2000 – present
Labels	Web Entertainment, KLP Management, Morbid Music LLC
Associated acts	Fat Killahz, D12, Bizarre, Project: Deadman, Prozak, Krizz Kaliko, The R.O.C., The Davidians, Tech N9ne, Proof, Eminem, Swifty McVay, John Drama, Royce Da 5'9', Obie Trice
Website	www.kinggordy.com

Waverly W. Alford III (born August 18, 1977), better known by his stage name King Gordy, is an American rapper.^[1]

Biography[link]

King Gordy is a horrorcore rapper from Detroit, Michigan. He appeared on Bizarre's solo album. Gordy and Bizarre have been good friends since childhood.^[2] He is well known for having his hair braided into two horns on his head.^[3]

Film career[link]

Aside from his hip hop career, King Gordy has appeared in the film 8 Mile (film), starring Eminem, in which King Gordy played the fictional rapper, "Big O".^[4] It is his only credit to acting.

The Davidians[link]

Consisting of King Gordy and Bizarre of D-12, Davidians was featured on Esham's mixtape The Butcher Shop. The duo is currently seeking a record label.^[5]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• 2003: The Entity
• 2006: King of Horrorcore
• 2007: Van Dyke and Harper Music
• 2007: Cobain's Diary
• 2008: The Great American Weed Smoker
• 2009: King of Horrorcore II
• 2010: Xerxes The God-King
• 2011: Sings the Blues

EP's[link]

• 2011: Jesus Christ's Mistress^[6]

Albums with Fat Killahz[link]

• 2004: WFKR 31.3 FKM: FK Radio The Mixtape
• 2005: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
• 2011: The EP

Guest appearances[link]

• 2002: Life (Promatic)
• 2004: Access Denied (Project Deadman, Tech N9ne)
• 2004: No Rest For The Wicked (Project Deadman)
• 2004: Rob U N Da Club (1st Born featuring Proof & D.U.)
• 2004: Run Up on Us (Proof featuring T-Flame, Banzi & Young Breed)
• 2005: Ghetto Music (Bizarre) featuring Swifty McVay & Stic Man
• 2005: No T. Lose (Proof)
• 2005: Cobain The Dead Intro (Devil's Nite 2005)
• 2005: Scream (Mr. Wrong a.k.a. Bareda featuring Swifty McVay
• 2005: Evil (Fatt Father)
• 2005: Dance (Fatt Father featuring Marv Won & Lovejoy)
• 2006: Oh Mary! (Bizarre featuring Livio & Gambino)
• 2006: Six Deaths (Fury) featuring Mattrix
• 2006: Antidote Medicine (Esham) featuring Lavel
• 2007: Don't Hate (D12)
• 2007: Put Your Hands Up For Detroit (Fedde Le Grand) featuring Bizarre
• 2007: Rock Out (Bizarre)
• 2007: Knock Em Out (Bizarre) featuring Tech N9ne
• 2007: Animal (Bizarre) featuring Razaaq
• 2007: Wicked (Bizarre) featuring Twiztid
• 2007: Cakin (Bizarre) featuring Dub, Gam, & Scarchild
• 2007: Fat Boy (Bizarre)
• 2007: Monster (Jehovah Jihad)
• 2007: 1980's (Bizarre)
• 2007: Stay Calm (Bizarre)
• 2007: Look Out below (Guilty Simpson featuring Bizarre)
• 2007: Squeez EZ (Guilty Simpson featuring Fatt Father)
• 2008: I Am Gone (D12)
• 2008: This Situation (D12)
• 2008: Cheating In The Bedroom (D12)
• 2008: Win Or Lose (Swifty McVay)
• 2008: You're Not Gangsta (D12)
• 2008: Mrs. Pitts (D12)
• 2008: Psycho, Psycho, Psycho (Prozak) featuring Bizarre
• 2008: Tyler Durden (on the Tunnel Runners album released on Hatchet House.)
• 2008: Dangerous (on DJ Clay's Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 2) featuring The R.O.C.
• 2008: Mirror Mirror (Krizz Kaliko), originally released on the clean edition of Vitiligo, later released in explicit form on the Strange Noize Tour '08 tour exclusive album
• 2008: Mr. Christian Man (Kapital Punishment)
• 2008: Let It Rain (Spooky Z Tha Gravedigguh ft. King Gordy, DieNasty & D-Evil) (on the album "Poetry of Worms" Released on Head Hurtz Recordz)
• 2008: Everyday (Bizarre)
• 2008: Bitch You Think You Special (Bizarre)
• 2008: Your Face Is Fucked Up (Fury)
• 2008: Holocaust Interlude (Fury)
• 2008: Detroit Playaz (Fatt Father)
• 2009: The Only Ones featuring Prozak (on Mike E. Clark's Psychopathic Murder Mix Volume 1 released on Psychopathic Records)
• 2008: Oh X-mas Tree (Fatt Father featuring Guilty Simpson & Phat Kat)
• 2009: The Ultimate Villain (Hades)
• 2009: Horns (Tech N9ne) featuring Prozak
• 2009: In My Hood (Kamp Crystal Lake)
• 2009: Neverland (Bloodshot)
• 2009: Hey Haystak (Haystak Diss) (Bizarre)
• 2009: Ghetto World (Dogmatic)
• 2009: Welcome to Hell (Madecipha)
• 2010: Whatcha Smokin' On (Bizarre)
• 2010: Wild Like Us (Bizarre)
• 2010: Rock It Out (Bizarre)
• 2010: Kick The Door Down (RYM Crew)
• 2010: Welcome (Ninja Newman, Yung Rob)
• 2010: Untitled (Krazy Killaz)
• 2010: Until (Robert Illo featuring Scales Of Nappy Routes)
• 2010: Cold Hearted (Sodoma Gomora)
• 2010: Invincible (Nick Rage)
• 2010: I Ain't Crazy (Potluck, D12)
• 2010: Intro (Sinn)
• 2010: When You See Me (Whiteout, Kryptik, Grewsum)
• 2010: Fatal Masochist (T.O.N.E-z, Bad Dream)
• 2010: Wicked Minds (Three One Se7en)
• 2010: Kill Her (John Drama)
• 2011: Wicked Minds (Remix) (Three One Se7en featuring Bizzy Bone)
• 2011: Blood Sacrifice (Akvon)
• 2011: No Regrets (Dark Half, Bizarre)
• 2011: Alleywayz (Hoodu, Outsider)
• 2011: Thirteen (Kamp Crystal Lake)
• 2011: Lite That Shit Up(Potluck Ft. King Gordy)
• 2011: Fresh Meat (Cannibal Carib)
• 2011: Taking Lives (Fury ft. Bizarre & King Gordy)
• 2011: Welcome to Armageddon (Prophet the Revolution
• 2012: Fall from Grace (Jimmy Donn featuring Bizarre))
• 2012: Freedom (K.Daver ft. King Gordy)
• 2012: Nightmare (Soulja ft. King Gordy)
• 2012: Justin Bieber (Bizarre ft. King Gordy)
• 2012: Snatch Yo Carties (Bizarre ft. King Gordy)
• 2012: I Don't Know What I Did Last Night (Bizarre ft. Brotha Lynch Hung, Fury & King Gordy)

Music videos[link]

• 2003: "Nightmares"
• 2005: "Rockstar" (cameo appearance) (Bizarre)
• 2007: "Fat Boy" (Bizarre)
• 2007: "Where You From" (Bizarre, Kuniva)
• 2009: "1980's" (Bizarre)
• 2009: "RIP Gaystak" (Bizarre)
• 2010: "Watcha Smokin' On" (Bizarre)
• 2010: "Rap's Finest" (Cameo Appearance) (Bizarre & Royce da 5'9")
• 2010: "Wild Like Us" (Bizarre)
• 2010: "Sing For The Dead"
• 2011: "Taking Lives" (Fury ft. [[Bizarre (rapper)|Bizarre]] & King Gordy)
• 2012: "Justin Bieber" Bizarre feat. King Gordy

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website
• King Gordy on Myspace
• King Gordy on Twitter

Coordinates: 37°17.7971′N 78°24.0735′W / 37.2966183°N 78.401225°W / 37.2966183; -78.401225

Farmville murders
Location of Farmville in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Location	505 First Avenue Farmville, Virginia, United States
Coordinates	37°17.7971 N 78°24.0735 W
Attack type	quadruple homicide
Weapon(s)	Ball-peen hammer and wood-splitting maul[1][2]
Deaths	Mark Neiderbrock (age 50) Dr. Debra S. Kelley (age 53) Emma Neiderbrock (age 16) Melanie Wells (age 18)[3][4][5][6][7]
Perpetrator	Richard Samuel McCroskey (age 20)[8]

The Farmville murders occurred in Farmville, Virginia in September, 2009 – the quadruple bludgeoning homicide of Mark Neiderbrock, his estranged wife Debra S. Kelley, their daughter Emma Neiderbrock and her friend Melanie Wells.

Emma Neiderbrock shared a relationship with Richard McCroskey, a troubled aspiring rapper. Together, Emma Neiderbrock, McCroskey, her mother and father, along with friend Wells, attended a horrorcore concert the week before. When Wells' mother could not locate her daughter, she alerted police, who discovered the murders.

McCroskey, 20 years old, was subsequently arrested,^[9][10][11] later convicted of the murders and sentenced to life in prison.^[12] He is serving his sentence at Sussex I State Prison in Waverly, Virginia.^[13]

The murders[link]

The murders took place at Debra Kelley's home, where Kelley lived with her daughter Emma Neiderbrock. The bodies were found just after 3:00 p.m. on September 17, 2009,^[14] the victims having been bludgeoned to death with a hammer and maul.^[2] Three bodies were found in a downstairs bedroom and one in a room upstairs.^[2]

Days before the killings Emma Niederbrock and Melanie Wells joined McCroskey in Michigan for a horrorcore concert, the Strictly for the Wicked Festival.^[15][16] According to police, Emma's parents, Debra Kelley and Mark Niederbrock had taken Emma Neiderbrock, Melanie Wells and McCroskey to the concert.^[17] Kelley had taken her daughter to the concert hoping to keep an eye on her.^[10]

Prince Edwards County Prosecuting Attorney James Ennis said McCroskey's anger over his relationship with Emma Neiderbrock led to the killings. Ennis says McCroskey was angered by some text messages Emma sent while they were in Michigan. They returned to Virginia, and McCroskey became increasingly distraught about the relationship, Ennis said. He had an expectation that he and Emma were seeing each other exclusively and was unhappy with how things were going.

Late in the evening of Sept. 14, 2009, or early the next morning, McCroskey drank beer, smoked marijuana and might have taken painkillers before he attacked the three female victims in the house as they were sleeping, Ennis said. He killed each within a short period of time around 3 a.m. on Sept. 15.

Ennis said that McCroskey first killed Wells, who was on a sofa in a first-floor den, then Kelley in an upstairs room, and finally Emma in her downstairs bedroom. He struck each victim multiple times with the maul. "No one awoke," Ennis said, adding that the victims had no defensive wounds.

Mark Niederbrock arrived at the home Sept. 17 about 5 p.m., and McCroskey attacked him with the maul in a living room, Ennis said. McCroskey later moved Mark Niederbrock’s and Wells’ bodies into Emma’s room, and he attempted to clean up the bloody den, Ennis said.

At some point, McCroskey used a digital camera to record a video of himself, according to Ennis. In the video, he indicated that he knew he had to pay for what he had done and contemplated suicide, Ennis said.

A press release was issued to the public at the time of the murders. An e-mail was sent to Longwood University students.^[18] The following Monday, the Attorney General and Farmville County Police Department held a press conference where the bodies were identified.

The victims[link]

The four people killed were Mark Neiderbrock; his estranged 53-year-old wife Debra Kelley; their 16-year-old daughter Emma Neiderbrock and her 18-year-old friend Melanie Wells:^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

• Mark Neiderbrock was a pastor at a Presbyterian church in Hixburg in northern Appomattox County, and father of 16-year-old Emma Neiderbrock.^[7][9][19] Neiderbrock had been heading Walker's Presbyterian Church for the past six years.^[19] Born in Illinois,^[20] Neiderbrock was an Eagle Scout and graduate of the University of Illinois.^[20] Before he entered the ministry he worked as a graphic designer.^[20] Neiderbrock and his wife Debra Kelley had been divorced for about nine months.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

• Dr. Debra S. Kelley was a 53-year-old associate professor of sociology and criminal justice studies at Longwood University since 1994^[10] and had started Longwood's chapter of Lambda Alpha Epsilon, a criminal justice fraternity – often having students over for cookouts.^[10] She lived with her daughter Emma Neiderbrock at the house in Farmville where the murders occurred.^[4][5][6][7] According to Kelley's colleague she was disturbed by her daughter's obsession with horrorcore and they were in counseling.^[10]

• Emma Neiderbrock was Mark Neiderbrock's and Debra Kelley's 16-year-old daughter and the girlfriend of Richard McCroskey, the convicted murderer.^[4][5][6][7] She had been home-schooled since middle school.^[7][10] She was interested in the occult and macabre music – as well as the Backstreet Boys and soccer.^[10] McCroskey and Emma Neiderbrock met about a year before the murders, at a concert near San Diego.^[7]

• Melanie Wells was the 18-year-old daughter of Thomas G. Wells Jr. and Kathleen Wells, of Inwood, West Virginia, and Emma Neiderbrock's friend.^{[4][5][6][7][21]} Wells and her family moved to West Virginia from Louisville, Kentucky, just before Wells was to enter high school. Wells dropped out and was studying for her high school equivalency diploma.^[7] She attended Musselman High School.^[22] Wells had been staying with Emma Neiderbrock and Emma's mother.^[15]

The murderer[link]

Richard McCroskey had been a graphic designer and amateur horrorcore rapper^[11][24][25] and had been living with his father and 21-year-old sister in Castro Valley, California.^[8][25] McCroskey and his sister had been raised in Hayward before moving to Castro Valley.^[26] His father, a rock guitarist, introduced him to Insane Clown Posse, Metallica and Primus.^[7]

In high school, McCroskey had been teased and bullied because of his weight and red hair.^[7][26] Neighbors described him as a loner. His sister Sarah recalled him as a mild-mannered and kind person who never fought back or defended himself unless provoked.^[3] McCroskey's MySpace page featured songs he authored with violent lyrics, dealing with subjects including mutilation, death and the thrill of murder.^[11]

McCroskey dropped out of Tennyson High School in Hayward, then attended Hayward High School for a time before dropping out again.^[26] About five months prior to the murders, McCroskey had been devastated when his father asked their mother to move out. He was excited for a planned trip to Virginia to see girlfriend Emma Neiderbrock,^[7] whom he had dated online for almost a year^[17] and spoken with almost daily by phone.^[27] He flew to Virginia on September 6.^[28]

Investigation, arrest and conviction[link]

Prior to discovering the murders, Melanie Wells' mother had called city police asking them to check on her daughter.^[3] Each time Melanie Wells' mother had called the Kelley home and spoken with Richard McCroskey, McCroskey had given her a different story.^[21]

When police arrived at the Kelley home, McCroskey answered the door and told police Wells was at the movies with a friend. The police left, and when Melanie Wells' mother called police again they went to the house and discovered the bodies.^[3]

By that time, McCloskey had fled, stealing and wrecking Mark Niederbrock's 2000 Honda. Unaware of the murders, a deputy issued him a summons for driving without a license but did not arrest him. Prince Edward Sheriff's Sgt. Stuart Raybold said at the time there was no reason for the deputy to be suspicious.^[29] During this time, McCroskey made a call to confess he had just killed the victims.^[30]

McCroskey was apprehended at Richmond International Airport on September 18,^[29][31] where police found him sleeping in the baggage claim area,^[32] about to fly back to California.^[33] McCroskey, who had no prior criminal record,^[29] was first charged with first degree murder, robbery and grand larceny (stealing the car), but later was charged with six counts of capital murder.^[2][34] McCroskey was subsequently held in Piedmont Regional jail,^[35] on suicide watch.^[26]

Police concluded the victims died from blunt force trauma to the head.^[36] Police occult expert Don Rimer, brought in because of symbols found in the music the teens listened, described the murder scene as a slaughter house.^[37]

McCroskey did not initially cooperate with police after his arrest.^[38] When asked about the possible motive, Police Sgt. Andy Ellington from Farmville, VA Ellington said McCroskey said "Jesus told me to do it."^[39]

The police took McCroskey's computer, house phones and more than a dozen paper bags full of evidence from his home.^[26][40] McCroskey was charged with six counts of capital murder because he is alleged to have killed multiple people within three years.^[2]

On September 20, 2010, McCroskey pleaded guilty to the four murders. Although facing the death penalty, he was sentenced to life in prison.^[12] County Attorney James Ennis says that the victims' families supported his decision to reach a plea agreement instead of going to trial and seeking the death penalty.

References[link]

External links[link]

• WTVR: Timeline of Events Leading to the Arrest of Richard "Sam" McCroskey III in the Farmville Murders
• NBC12: Farmville murders (Articles and videos)
• WTVR Farmville homicide story (Videos)
• "Syko Sam" Video, Bedroom Show Disturbing Obsessions (Video)
• LilDemonDog’s Channel at YouTube
• LiLdEmOnDoG’s MySpace profile
• Syko Sam at Last.fm
• SykoSam.info