Faygo

faygo is a soda that juggalos often drink. The insane clown posse throws faygo off the stage often during shows.

Faygos roots
Faygo was founded in Detroit, Michigan on November 4, 1899, as Feigenson Brothers Bottling Drinks by immigrants Ben and Perry Feigenson.[1 ] The original flavors of Faygo (fruit punch, strawberry, and grape) were based on cake frosting recipes used by the Feigensons in Russia.[1 ] The brothers ran the company until the mid-1940s, when they turned it over to their sons.[1 ] In the 1950s, the company created a series of radio and television advertisements featuring a fictional cowboy called the Faygo Kid, who was portrayed in animation for television commercials for Faygo Old-Fashioned Root Beer.[1 ] Because the drink had a limited shelf life, Faygo was only sold in Michigan until the late 1950s. Company chemists later resolved this issue by installing a filtration system to remove impurities from the plant's water.[1 ] In the 1960s, the soda's regional popularity expanded when the company began advertising during broadcasts of Detroit Tigers games.[1 ] Commercials produced in the 1970s featured "everyday people" on the Boblo Boat singing the "Faygo Boat Song".[1 ] Tree Sweet Products Corp. sold the company to National Beverage Corp. in 1987.[2 ] In 2007, Faygo celebrated its 100th anniversary.[1 ]

Faygo brands received some high praise from the culinary industry when it was announced that the September 2009 issue of Bon Appétit magazine ranked Faygo Root Beer as the best tasting American root beer, describing it as "dry and crisp, with a frothy head, a good bite and a long finish."[3 ] [4 ]

Juggalos and faygo
Faygo is often talked about by the horrorcore group Insane Clown Posse, who reference Faygo in several of their songs.[5 ] [6 ] Positive audience reaction to an early concert performance in which Violent J threw an open bottle at a row of hecklers resulted in the group continuing to spray their audiences with the drink.[6 ] This practice was repeated when it adapted into the Juggalo culture's "Faygo Showers."[7 ]

It is also referred to in the web comic Homestuck, as the character Gamzee Makara, who is based on juggalo culture, has an affinity for it. [8 ]

It is mentioned in the Workaholics season 1 episode, "Straight Up Juggahos".