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Joseph Bruce Wiki Biography

Joseph Bruce was born on 28 April 1972, in Berkley, Michigan USA. Under his nickname “Violent J”, he is a rapper and record producer, known for being a part of the duo “Insane Clown Posse”. In addition to his career as a musician, he is also known as a professional wrestler. What is more, Joseph has also been associated as one of the founders of “Psychopathic Records” and “Juggalo Championship Wrestling”. Although he is 43 years old, Joseph still continues performing and creating music as well as participating in various wrestling competitions.

If you consider how rich Joseph Bruce is, it can be said that Joseph’s estimated net worth is $15 million, having gained a big part of this sum of money at the beginning of his career as a wrestler. Although he continues wrestling, the main source of his net worth now is his career as a rapper. Of course, there are many other activities, which also contribute to Bruce’s net worth.

Joseph Bruce (Violent J) Net Worth $15 Million

Joseph’s childhood was not perfect as his father left their family when he was still quite young and his mother had to support them on very low money. When Joseph was a teenager he became interested in music, especially rapping. In 1989 together with Joseph Utsler and John Utsler he released the song called “Party at the Top of the Hill”. However, Bruce also became involved in gang activities, even dropping out of school, and their activities as a band stopped for a while. Then in 1990 Joseph formed the band called “Inner City Posse” with Joey and John Utsler, and in 1991 they also created their own record label, “Psychopathic Records”. This had a huge impact on the growth of Joseph’s net worth. In the same year they changed their band name to the “Insane Clown Posse”. John Utsler left the band, leaving only Joseph Bruce and Joseph Utsler,so Joseph moved on to such bands as “Golden Goldies”, “Dark Lotus”, “Psychopathic Rydas” and “Soopa Villainz”. These activities also added to Bruce’s net worth, and in addition, Bruce has also released several EPs as a solo artist, which contributed to his popularity and success.

As mentioned, Joseph is also known as a wrestler, a career which began in 1983, but soon stopped when he became involved in gang life. In 1994 Bruce came back to wrestling, participating in various competitions. He wrestled with Al Snow, Sewer Dwella, Oman Tortuga, Diablo Santiago among others, and was quite successful, which increased his net worth to. Bruce continues wrestling up until now and it only prove the fact that Bruce is a very active and hardworking person.

Joseph has also appeared in such movies as “Big Money Hustlas”, “Death Racers”, “Big Money Rustlas” and others. It is clear, that Bruce is a very successful and talented person.

If to talk about Joseph Bruce’s personal life, it can be said that he is married to Michelle Bruce, with whom he has two children. However. Although Bruce has had various problems with the law, he has been able to overcome all of them and continue his successful careers. All in all, Joseph Bruce is a very talented and hardworking person. He has achieved a lot in several spheres and is still continuing his career.



Net Worth $15 Million
Date Of Birth April 28, 1972
Place Of Birth Berkley, Michigan, United States
Height 1.88 m
Profession Rapper, record producer, and professional wrestler, and part of the hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse
Nationality American
Spouse Michelle Rapp (m. 2013)
Children Joseph Bruce, II, Ruby Bruce, Shiny Diamonds, If We Were A Gang, Yellow Brick Alleyway
Parents Linda Bruce, Richard Bruce, Shiny Diamonds, If We Were A Gang, Yellow Brick Alleyway
Siblings Robert Bruce, Theresa Bruce
IMDB www.imdb.com/name/nm0412885
Awards JCW Tag Team Champion, JCW Tag Team Champion with 2 Tuff Tony
Albums “Carnival of Carnage” (1992),“The Ringmaster” (1994), “The Great Milenko” (1997), “The Amazing Jeckel Brothers” (1999), “Hell’s Pit” (2004), “The Tempest” (2007), “Bang! Pow! Boom!” (2009), “The Marvelous Missing Link (Lost), (Found)” (2015)
Music Groups Insane Clown Posse, Dark Lotus, Psychopathic Rydas, The Killjoy Club, Leaders of the New School
Movies “Carnival of Carnage” (1992), “The Shining” (2009), “Riddle Box” (1995), “The Great Milenko” (1997), “Big Money Hustlas” (2000), Big Money Rustlas (2010), Lopez Tonight (2011),A Family Underground (2009)
TV Shows Impact Wrestling
Trademark
1 Sprays the audience with Faygo soda at their shows
Quote
1 People call us anti-gay for our lyrics all the time. That’s lies, all lies. I’ve had many intimate relationships with juggalos as well as juggalettes, so you know I’m not judging. True clowns don’t judge.
2 I’ll be quicker to kick an ass before I’ll ever kiss one.
Fact
1 Son, Joseph Bruce II, born January 2005.
2 In 1998, Eminem approached him with a flier to promote his “Slim Shady LP” release party, which read that ICP might make an appearance there. ICP had never met, or heard of Eminem at the time. He declined the “invitation”, and Eminem took this as a personal insult and thus the battle between Eminem and ICP began.
3 Released an autobiography entitled “Behind the Paint” in 2003.
4 Favorite bands/artists include Prince, Michael Jackson, and Pearl Jam.
5 In all of his CDs he gives credit to “the Butterfly”
6 Had to pay a total of $100,000 out of his own pocket to complete the budget of the film Big Money Hustlas (2000), which he wrote.
7 Turned down a role in Prison Song (2001) as a bigoted prison guard because he did not want to play a racist.

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
West Coast 2016 writer: “Bi—-s” – as Joseph Bruce
The Comix Scrutinizer 2013 TV Series writer – 1 episode
Todd’s Pop Song Reviews 2012 TV Series documentary writer – 1 episode
Mimesis 2011 writer: “Where’s God?”
A Family Underground 2009 Documentary performer: “So High”, “Shiny Diamonds” / producer: “Shiny Diamonds” / writer: “Duk Da Fuk Down” – as Bullet / writer: “Headache”, “Welcome To Thy Show”, “Juggalo Family”, “If I Was a Serial Killer”, “Walk into the Darkness”, “Hum Drum Boogie”, “Ride the Tempest”, “So High”, “Shiny Diamonds”, “Come Out To Play”
Death Racers 2008 Video writer: “Real Underground Baby”, “Walk Into The Darkness”, “Truly Alone”, “Manic Depressive”, “The People”
Psychopathic: The Videos 2007 Video writer: “Juggalo Homies”, “Tilt A Whirl”, “Halls Of Illusion”, “Chicken Huntin'”, “Another Love Song”, “Chicken Huntin’ Slaughterhouse Remix”, “How Many Times?”, “Bowling Balls”, “Piggy Pie”, “Hokus Pokus”, “Real Underground Baby”
Evil Bong 2006 writer: “Like It Like That”, “So High”
Demons at the Door 2004 Video writer: “Blaaam!!!”
Bowling Balls 2004 Video short writer: “Bowling Balls”
Juggalo Championshxt Wrestling Volume 3 2003 Video writer: “Down With The Clown”, “Riddle Box”, “Chicken Huntin’ Slaughterhouse Remix”
Backyard Wrestling: Don’t Try This at Home 2003 Video Game writer: “Chicken Huntin’ Slaughterhouse Remix”, “Down With The Clown” – as J. Bruce
Solaris 2002 writer: “Riddle Box” – as Joseph Bruce
Frontline 2001 TV Series documentary writer – 1 episode
Juggalo Championshxt Wrestling Volume 1 2000 Video writer: “Riddle Box”, “Down With The Clown”, “The Dead One”, “Chicken Huntin’ Slaughterhouse Remix”, “What is a Juggalo?”
Big Money Hustlas 2000 Video writer: “Fuck the World”, “Cotton Candy”, “Bring It On”, “Ninjas”, “Bitches”, “Spin the Bottle”
Heavy Metal 2000 2000 writer: “Dirt Ball” – as Bruce
Juggalo Championshxt Wrestling Vol. 2 2000 Video writer: “Riddle Box”, “Down With The Clown”, “What Is A Juggalo?”
The Fear 1995 writer: “Dead Body Man”

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Big Money Rustlas 2010 Big Baby Chips
Death Racers 2008 Video Violent J
Bowling Balls 2004 Video short J
WCW Monday Nitro 1999-2000 TV Series Violent J.
Fall Brawl 2000 TV Movie Violent J.
WCW Thunder 2000 TV Series Violent J.
Big Money Hustlas 2000 Video Big Baby Sweets Ape Boy
WCW World Championship Wrestling 1999 TV Series Violent J.

Writer

Title Year Status Character
Big Money Rustlas 2010 original story – as Joe Bruce / screenplay – as Joe Bruce
Bowling Balls 2004 Video short
Big Money Hustlas 2000 Video as Joseph Bruce

Music Department

Title Year Status Character
Death Racers 2008 Video composer: additional music – as Insane Clown Posse

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Juggalohio 2011 Video short special thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
Unplanned America 2014 TV Series documentary Himself
Insane Clown Posse Theater 2013-2014 TV Series Himself
Down with Clowns 2013 Documentary Himself
American Psycho Tour 2012 Himself
Tosh.0 2012 TV Series Himself
1000 Ways to Die 2011 TV Series documentary Himself
Attack of the Show! 2011 TV Series Himself – Guest
Aqua Teen Hunger Force 2010 TV Series Himself
A Family Underground 2009 Documentary Himself
The Hitchcock of HipHop 2008 Video Himself
JCW SLAM TV, Volume 2 2007 Video Himself
Psychopathic: The Videos 2007 Video Himself (segments “Homies” – “Tilt A Whirl” – “We don’t die” – “Halls of Illusions” – “Chicken Huntin” – “Another love song” – “How many times?'” – “Bowling balls” – “The people” – “Piggy pie” – “Hokus pokus” – “Let’s go all the way'” – “‘Real underground baby”) / Bullet (segments “Duk da fuk down” – “Real underground baby”) / Fats Pepper (segment “Raw deal”) / …
PWU Power Surge TV 2007 TV Series Himself
JCW SLAM TV, Volume 1 2007 Video Himself
The (White) Rapper Show 2007 TV Series Himself
The Chronicles of the Dark Carnival 2006 TV Movie Himself
Howard Stern on Demand 2006 TV Series Himself
Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood 2004 Video Game Himself (voice)
NWA: Total Nonstop Action 2004 TV Series Himself
Juggalo Championshxt Wrestling Volume 3 2003 Video Himself – The Insane Clown Posse / Diamond Donovan Douglas (voice)
Howard Stern 1998-2003 TV Series Himself
Insane Clown Posse: Bootlegged in L.A. 2003 Video documentary Himself
The Purple Show 2003 Video documentary Himself
Born Twiztid: Beyond the Freekshow 2002 Video short Himself
Music Jamboree 2002 TV Series documentary Himself
MADtv 2002 TV Series Himself
The O’Reilly Factor 2002 TV Series Himself
Frontline 2001 TV Series documentary Himself
Juggalo Championshxt Wrestling Volume 1 2000 Video Himself – Insane Clown Posse / Diamond Donovan ‘3D’ Douglas (voice)
The Howard Stern Radio Show 1999-2000 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest
Juggalo Championshxt Wrestling Vol. 2 2000 Video Himself – Insane Clown Posse / Diamond Donovan Douglas (voice)
Behind the Music 1999 TV Series documentary Himself
WCW Road Wild 1999 TV Movie Himself
WWE Raw 1998 TV Series Himself / Himself – Insane Clown Posse
Summerslam 1998 TV Special Himself – The Insane Clown Posse / The Oddities
WWE Sunday Night Heat 1998 TV Series Himself (1998-1999)
Shockumentary 1997 Documentary Himself
ECW Hardcore Heaven ’97 1997 TV Special Himself – The Insane Clown Posse
WCW Worldwide Wrestling 1975 TV Series Himself (1998-1999)

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Vanilla Ice Archive 2012 Documentary Himself
Death of an Indie label 2011 Documentary Himself
WWE Summerslam: The Complete Anthology, Vol. 3 2009 Himself
WWE: Greatest Stars of the ’90s 2009 Video Himself
Hatchet Attacks: Live from Red Rocks 2008 Video documentary Himself
Howard Stern on Demand 2006 TV Series Himself
Road Warriors: The Life and Death of Wrestling’s Most Dominant Tag Team 2005 Video documentary Himself
The Rise & Fall of ECW 2004 Video documentary Himself

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