Geeksta.rappers
Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird (.911)
WEEK OF JULY 24, 2005
A subculture of hip-hop music has developed recently among computer science professionals, who taunt each other in verse much as mainstream rap artists do, according to a June report on Wired.com. "Geeksta" rappers like Ytcracker and MC Plus+ spin verses such as the latter's "I'm encrypting shit like every single day / sending it across a network in a safe way / protecting messages to make my pay / if you hack me you're guilty under DMCA" (referring to a federal copyright law). Explained another, "Monzy": "(I)nstead of boasting about our bitches, blunts, Benzes or Benjamins, maybe we talk about our math skills or the efficiency of our code." A hip-hop journal editor doubted the genre would endure, though, because so far the major artists are males: "You're going to need some females." [Wired.com, 6-23-05]
The funny thing is this is written as though it were avant-garde, when really just fuckin pathetic. I mean don't get me wrong, Hip-Hop hs definitely been bestowed upon the world as gift for all to enjoy..but "Geeksta" just seems kind "Weak-sta". Give us all a break..
WEEK OF JULY 24, 2005
A subculture of hip-hop music has developed recently among computer science professionals, who taunt each other in verse much as mainstream rap artists do, according to a June report on Wired.com. "Geeksta" rappers like Ytcracker and MC Plus+ spin verses such as the latter's "I'm encrypting shit like every single day / sending it across a network in a safe way / protecting messages to make my pay / if you hack me you're guilty under DMCA" (referring to a federal copyright law). Explained another, "Monzy": "(I)nstead of boasting about our bitches, blunts, Benzes or Benjamins, maybe we talk about our math skills or the efficiency of our code." A hip-hop journal editor doubted the genre would endure, though, because so far the major artists are males: "You're going to need some females." [Wired.com, 6-23-05]
The funny thing is this is written as though it were avant-garde, when really just fuckin pathetic. I mean don't get me wrong, Hip-Hop hs definitely been bestowed upon the world as gift for all to enjoy..but "Geeksta" just seems kind "Weak-sta". Give us all a break..
