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ABK & BIG Hoodoo Live in Portland

ABK (ANYBODY KILLA)

Masked MC Anybody Killa first emerged from the Psychopathic Records/Insane Clown Posse collective in the late '90s, contributing to tracks from likeminded types like Twizted, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, and Esham. ABK also appeared on ICP's The Wraith: Shangri-La. A slew of 2002 concert appearances (most notably at that year's Gathering of the Juggalos) prepared the world for Killa's full-length debut, and in April 2003, Hatchet Warrior finally dropped. The album intersected imagery drawn from ABK's Native American lineage with bloodthirsty gangsta philosophy, and laced its raps with the usual Psychopathic stew of gallows humor, pro-marijuana shout-outs, and references to Faygo soda and the city of Detroit. That summer, ABK toured in support of the album with a reunited Body Count.

Big Hoodoo

Big Hoodoo is another stage name for Detroit rapper Doe Dubbla, also known as the Jinx. When Psychopathic Records, the Farmington Hills, Michigan independent record label founded by Alex Abbiss and Insane Clown Posse, parted ways with Twiztid, one of the label's most popular acts, the pressure was on to find a replacement act. That turned out to be Doe Dubbla in his Big Hoodoo incarnation, a cartoonish mix of Screamin' Jay Hawkins and one of those over the top masked characters from a bad wrestling movie. ICP had a heavy hand in the production of Big Hoodoo's debut album, Crystal Skull, a label-typical blend of horrorcore rap filled with Dubbla's theatrical hexes and spells, and maybe most notable for not using the word "juggalo" anywhere, in the summer of 2013. Big Hoodoo's sophomore effort, Asylum, dropped in June 2016.