Unlike most hardcore hip hop and gangsta rap artists, horrorcore artists often push the violent content and imagery in their lyrics beyond the realm of realistic urban violence,
The genre has incited controversy, with some members of the law enforcement community asserting that the genre incites crime,Horrorcore defines a style of hip hop music that focuses primarily on dark, violent, The genre is not popular with mainstream audiences as a whole; though in some cities like In the 2010's, at the rise of the SoundCloud era, several young, up and coming artists on the internet platform, started pulling from Horrorcore acts of the 90's as a source of inspiration, not just lyrically, but aesthetically.
Its origins derived from certain hardcore hip hop and gangsta rap artists, such as the Geto Boys, which began to incorporate supernatural, occult, or psychological horror themes into their lyrics. Horrorcore is a subgenre of hip hop music based on horror-themed and often darkly transgressive lyrical content and imagery. Though Tyler, The Creator and his loose collective, Odd Future, denied the label in many interviews and songs, that early releases from their camp (such as Tyler's "Bastard" and "Goblin", and Some members of the law enforcement community have asserted that the horrorcore genre is dangerous and incites crime, and the genre's artists and followers have been linked to a wide variety of crime, ranging from Subgenre of hip hop music based in horror-themed lyrical content and imagery