History Main / Nerdcore

* Music/JTMusic, formerly JT Machinima, have been producing video game themed rap music since 2009 on Website/YouTube.

* Music/OptimusRhyme: As the name suggests the band is largely themed around {{Transformers}} including (but not limited to) songs from the perspective of Transformers on earth including a conflict between the two camps of AutoBeats and Whackacons. The stage names of the band members are also [[ThemeNaming Transformer references]]: Wheelie Cyberman, Powerthighs, Stumblebee and Grimrock. Former members include Galaxian Waxspin, Thundercracker and Broken English (who breaks the theme).

-->-- MC Frontalot, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aoot52phBs Twenty-Six Hundred]]''

See also HeavyMithril, for when nerds forgo rapping about consoles for rocking about fantasy, and {{Filk}} for the folksy alternative sort. ComicsRuleEverythingAroundMe is for when rappers in other genres start throwing in nerdy allusions.

* Creator/MCChris: Also the voice of MC Pee Pants on ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' and Hesh on ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}'', but throughout the course of his career has developed an [[SlapSlapKiss I-love-you-I-hate-you]] relationship with the genre, switching between embracing and forsaking the genre at a moment's notice (he currently stands in favor of Nerdcore)

* Music/JTMusic, formerly JT Machinima, has been producing video game themed rap music since 2009 on Website/YouTube.

* Though Music/{{Sammus}} doesn't consider herself a nerdcore rapper, her name comes from Franchise/{{Metroid}} and she has songs named TimeCrisis and [[PowerRangers Mighty Morphin']]. She has, however, embraced the fandom, touring with MegaRan and seeing her popularity as a way to bring hip-hop to audiences that wouldn't otherwise listen to it.

* Music/MCLars is considered by some to be nerdcore, although he claims his genre is [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly Post-Punk Laptop Rap]].

* Music/SchafferTheDarklord [[FunWithAcronyms (Oftentimes abbreviated as STD)]]

* Though Music/Sammus doesn't consider herself a nerdcore rapper, her name comes from Franchise/{{Metroid}} and she has songs named TimeCrisis and [[PowerRangers Mighty Morphin']]. She has, however, embraced the fandom, touring with MegaRan and seeing her popularity as a way to bring hip-hop to audiences that wouldn't otherwise listen to it.

* Music/JTMusic, formerly JT Machinima, has been producing video game themed rap music since 2009 on Main/YouTube.

* Though not part of the Nerdcore scene, several UndergroundHipHop artists have ventured into Sci-Fi territories in their search for fresh, "bitches 'n' bling"-cliche-free ground. The most popular work of this kind is probably Music/{{Deltron 3030}}'s eponymous concept album.

--> --MC Frontalot, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aoot52phBs Twenty-Six Hundred]]''

->''And I'm the pride of geeks''\\

''Is most ancient (and most Asian)''
-->--MC Frontalot, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aoot52phBs Twenty-Six Hundred]]''

* Music/MCHawking: The stage name of Ken Leavitt-Lawrence. Using the now-defunct text-to-speech program "Willow Talk" and with the help of DJ Doomsday for the beats, he blends traditional gangsta rap with advanced scientific topics. His name and act are a parody of -- and have been repeatedly praised by -- UsefulNotes/StephenHawking.

* Although he falls more into alternative rap, Music/ChildishGambino shouts out a lot of nerdy subjects, including ''{{TRON}}'', ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', ''Pokémon'', ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' (which he actually had a guest role on), ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', Kurt Vonnegut, internet memes and much, much more.