Seattle's True Independent Film Festival 2008

Nerdcore For Life profiles the fascinating and tumultuous world of Nerdcore Hip-Hop. Born on the internet, 'geek rap' is breaking out into the real world at a lightning pace. Filmed over the course of two years, the documentary follows the top names in this new genre as they celebrate 'Geek Life' and their love of hip-hop to the fullest, fight anti-nerd stereotypes and attempt to overcome the common obstacles that block musicians of all genres from fulfilling their dreams. Magic Missile Award

Danielle Radford is adorably neurotic, naively cynical and occasionally vegan, she is like some kind of candy that is both sweet AND tart. We can't say the name here, but yeah. She hosts three of the hottest Nerdcore acts in the Northwest; Beefy, YTCracker and Ultraklystron. Don’t know what Nerdcore is? “Nerdcore hip hop, or geeksta rap, is a HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre" \o "Music genre" \t "_blank" subgenre of HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music" \o "Hip hop music" \t "_blank" hip hop music characterized by themes and subject matter considered to be of general interest to HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerd" \o "Nerd" \t "_blank" nerds, though it can appeal to others as well.” That definition came straight from wikipedia. Wikipedia also appeals to nerds. Get it Bilbo Baggins? YTCracker is a HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapping" \o "Rapping" rapper, former HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hat" \o "Black hat" cracker, and Internet HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneur" \o "Entrepreneur" entrepreneur. In 1999 he gained notoriety for defacing the web site of HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" \o "NASA" NASA’s HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddard_Space_Flight_Center" \o "Goddard Space Flight Center" Goddard Space Flight Center with a commonly used HYPERLINK "http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/msadc.pl" \o "http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/msadc.pl" msadc.pl exploit, along with other government websites. Ultraklystron did remixes of mc chris and MC Frontalot songs. He’s collaborated with Nursehella and done a commentary on the Sealab 2021 Season 3 DVD Boxset. Beefy is a member of HYPERLINK "http://www.nerdysouthrecords.com" Nerdy South Records. He is a nerd rapper, gamer, doodler, blogger, and an all around good guy.