If Eminem and Luke Skywalker got into a shouting match over a rap beat, and they referenced Halo, Harry Potter and hard drives, the result might sound like nerdcore.
Simply put, nerdcore is rap music written by nerds and gamers for nerds and gamers, and according to Drew Love, who is organizing two Gainesville shows, the quirky and often goofy genre is picking up steam.
In mid-July, about 700 people attended Nerdapalooza, an annual nerdcore music festival.
Love, who works as a waiter and grew up playing Pokemon and Street Fighter, is trying to help nerdcore gain momentum in Gainesville, where he says nerds are plentiful.
Rob Tobias, a UF computer sciences graduate who is friends with Love, said nerdcore is about being true to oneself.
“People would rather hear a nerd rap about being a nerd then someone who is not gangster trying to rap about being a gangster,” he said while sipping on a PBR.
Read the full story at the Independent Alligator.
Want to see the nerdcore in action? Here’s one of the groups mentioned in the article, the Krondor Krew (they’re known for dressing like ninjas on stage), performing “I Play D&D.”
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