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2	[[caption-width-right:288:From left to right: The Rzarector, The Undertaker, The Gatekeeper and the late Grym Reaper]]
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4	A HipHop group noted for popularizing the {{Horrorcore}} style, Gravediggaz primarily consisted of Stetsasonic's Frukwan (The Gatekeeper), Music/WuTangClan's RZA (The Rzarector), Music/DeLaSoul producer Prince Paul (The Undertaker), and Brothers Grym's Poetic (The Grym Reaper). Gravediggaz is noted for a high level of GallowsHumor, cartoonish violence, esoteric references to the Nation of Gods and Earths and dark production.
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6	Their first album, ''Niggamortis'' (more widely known as ''6 Feet Deep'' in the United States), is one of the most widely appraised {{Horrorcore}} albums, and features some of the darkest production by Prince Paul. Their next album, ''The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel'', featured production by RZA and a calmer sound, while the lyrics combined their usual Horrorcore fare with sociopolitical issues. ''Nightmare in A-Minor'' was recorded without RZA and Prince Paul, who had left the group. After Poetic's death in 2001, the group remained inactive until recording a new track, "2 More Cups of Blood" in 2010, and announcing a new Gravediggaz album in 2011.
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8	Not to be confused with Music/GraveDigger, a German metal band.
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10	!!Gravediggaz provides examples of the following tropes:
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12	* AllMenArePerverts: Averted in "Defective Trip (Trippin')"
13	-->Down the corridor was Old Fat Ned,\
14	Schemin' off a blowjob from a crackhead\
15	He said, "Hey, want a piece, little man?"\
16	I was like, "Yo, I'm better off with my hand!!!".
17	%%* AxCrazy / TheSociopath: Several songs relate to this.
18	%%* BlackComedy / DeadBabyComedy: They didn’t pioneer horrorcore for a reason.
19	* CensoredTitle: ''6 Feet Deep'', originally ''Niggamortis''.
20	* ConsciousHipHop: ''The Pick, The Sickle and the Shovel'' has a few songs that fit the mold.
21	* DrivenToSuicide: Two of the verses in "1-800 Suicide" are about this, while the third has Rzarector convincing a group of teens to kill themselves claiming that he'll bring them back to life. [[spoiler: He doesn't.]]
22	* FakeOutFadeOut: Occurs in the middle of the Rzarector's verse on "Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide".
23	%%* GaiasLament: "The Night The Earth Cried".
24	* {{Horrorcore}}: They are the ones who brought the genre to public recognition.
25	%%* SuicideAsComedy: "1-800 Suicide"
26	%%* VillainProtagonist: Most of the heroes in their songs.
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