Nerdcore For Life
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Nerdcore for Life is a 2008 documentary film about the world of Nerdcore hip-hop directed Dan Lamoureux and produced by Crapbot Productions.
, MC Lars
, Beefy
, mc chris
, MC Router
and Ytcracker
. Filming took place throughout 2006 and 2007. Nerdcore For Life had its world premiere, April 5, 2008 at the Wisconsin Film Festival
.
MC Plus +, Ytcracker
, The Lords of the Rhymes, mc chris
, Ultraklystron, Doctor Popular, MC Hawking
, Nursehella, Optimus Rhyme, Beefy
, MC Router
, Zealous1, Jesse Dangerously, Shael Riley, Baddd Spellah, MC Lars, Former Fat Boys, High-C
, Nomad, The Sucklord
, Monzy, Tanuki, Krondor Krew, Maja, Schaffer The Darklord, My Parent's Favorite Music, Ham-Star, Emergency Pizza Party featuring Fanatical, Sir-Up, Benjamin Bear, Betty Rebel and MC Wreckshin.
Brief cameos are made by funky49, MC Gigahertz, the Stunt Junkies, IllGill, The Futuristic Sex Robotz and Rai Kamishiro.
About the film
Nerdcore For Life explores the world of “geek rap” known as Nerdcore hip-hop and features appearances by many of the top names in the genre including Optimus RhymeOptimus Rhyme
Optimus Rhyme was a hip hop group from Seattle, Washington. Optimus Rhyme is most widely considered a nerdcore hip hop group because of the nerdy nature of their lyrics. The name of the band as well as the stage names of the members and a majority of their lyrics refer to the Transformers...
, MC Lars
MC Lars
Andrew Robert MacFarlane Nielsen is an American rapper, known by his stage name MC Lars. He is the self-proclaimed originator of "post-punk laptop rap". He was one of the first underground rappers to sample and reference post-punk and emo bands...
, Beefy
Beefy (artist)
Keith A. Moore , is a Nerdcore rapper from The Tri-Cities, WA better known by the stage name Beefy.In 2005, Moore produced two independent EPs, The Whitesican EP and nerd...
, mc chris
Mc chris
mc chris is an American rapper, voice actor, writer and improvisational comedian....
, MC Router
MC Router
Kristin Nicole Ritchie , is a former Nerdcore rapper, better known by the stage name MC Router. The self-proclaimed "First Lady of Nerdcore" founded the group "1337 g33k b34t" with friend Tanner Brown in 2004...
and Ytcracker
YTCracker
Bryce Case, Jr. , otherwise known as YTCracker , is a former cracker most known for defacing the webpages of several federal and municipal government websites in the United States, as well as several in private industry at the age of 17...
. Filming took place throughout 2006 and 2007. Nerdcore For Life had its world premiere, April 5, 2008 at the Wisconsin Film Festival
Wisconsin Film Festival
The Wisconsin Film Festival is an annual film festival, founded in 1999. The five-day long festival is held every April in Madison, Wisconsin.The Festival presents a broad range of independent American and world cinema , restorations and revivals, and locally made pictures from Wisconsin filmmakers...
.
Featured artists
In all, more than 40 Nerdcore artists and producers from across North America make appearances in Nerdcore For Life, including:MC Plus +, Ytcracker
YTCracker
Bryce Case, Jr. , otherwise known as YTCracker , is a former cracker most known for defacing the webpages of several federal and municipal government websites in the United States, as well as several in private industry at the age of 17...
, The Lords of the Rhymes, mc chris
Mc chris
mc chris is an American rapper, voice actor, writer and improvisational comedian....
, Ultraklystron, Doctor Popular, MC Hawking
MC Hawking
Ken Lawrence is a nerdcore hip hop artist who purports to be theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking rapping under the name MC Hawking.MC Hawking gained some popularity on the Internet in the early 2000s...
, Nursehella, Optimus Rhyme, Beefy
Beefy (artist)
Keith A. Moore , is a Nerdcore rapper from The Tri-Cities, WA better known by the stage name Beefy.In 2005, Moore produced two independent EPs, The Whitesican EP and nerd...
, MC Router
MC Router
Kristin Nicole Ritchie , is a former Nerdcore rapper, better known by the stage name MC Router. The self-proclaimed "First Lady of Nerdcore" founded the group "1337 g33k b34t" with friend Tanner Brown in 2004...
, Zealous1, Jesse Dangerously, Shael Riley, Baddd Spellah, MC Lars, Former Fat Boys, High-C
High-C
High-C is the nerdcore rap persona of Jason Z. Christie . The persona was created in 1988. As founder of the Rhyme Torrents nerdcore hip-hop compilation project and nerdcorehiphop.org, High-C was often found at the center of the nerdcore scene, and was the biggest early promoter of the genre.He...
, Nomad, The Sucklord
The Sucklord
The Sucklord is a New York pop artist. He manufactures unlicensed action figures and toys through his company, Suckadelic...
, Monzy, Tanuki, Krondor Krew, Maja, Schaffer The Darklord, My Parent's Favorite Music, Ham-Star, Emergency Pizza Party featuring Fanatical, Sir-Up, Benjamin Bear, Betty Rebel and MC Wreckshin.
Brief cameos are made by funky49, MC Gigahertz, the Stunt Junkies, IllGill, The Futuristic Sex Robotz and Rai Kamishiro.