Nerdcore

For the genre that fuses chiptune with metalcore and post-hardcore also known as nerdcore, see Nintendocore. For the hardcore punk movement, see Nardcore.

Nerdcore
Other names
  • Nerdcore hip hop
  • geek rap
  • nerd rap
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsEarly 2000s, United States
Subgenres
Other topics

Nerdcore is a genre of hip hop music and nerd music characterized by subject matter considered of interest to nerds and geeks. Self-described nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot has the earliest known recorded use of the term (to describe this genre) in the 2000 song "Nerdcore Hiphop". As a niche genre similar to punk rock, nerdcore generally holds to the DIY ethic, and has a history of self-publishing and self-production.

Though nerdcore rappers rhyme about anything from politics to science fiction, there are some perennial favorites in nerdcore subject matter such as anime, movies, role-playing games, science, fantasy, computers and video games.

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