Keith A. Moore (born December 15, 1985) is a nerdcore rapper, better known by the

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Beefy, from the Tri-Cities, Washington.

Career

In 2005, Moore produced two independent EPs, ''The Whitesican EP'' and ''nerd''. He created animated music videos for the songs "Whitesican" and "David's Sister" (both from ''The Whitesican EP''), which gave him notoriety after they appeared on

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. In 2006 Moore, in conjunction with Nerdy South Records, released his first full-length album, ''Tube Technology''. In August 2008, he released his album ''Rolling Doubles'' as a digital download through Amazon and iTunes Moore contributed to the Rhyme Torrents compilation, contributing both music and original cover artwork. He can also be found in two documentaries on the Nerdcore movement – ''Nerdcore Rising'', covering

MC Frontalot Damian Hess (born December 3, 1973), better known by his stage name MC Frontalot, is an American rapper and web designer. Hess began releasing music as MC Frontalot in 1999. His first successes came through Song Fight!, an online songwriting and ...

on his first national tour, and the ''Nerdcore For Life'' documentary which covers other nerdcore artists. He has been interviewed on NPR, Ka Leo O Hawaii, and has also been mentioned more than once in the blogs at G4tv. He was also ranked number 5 in the Hipster, Please poll of th
top 10 nerdcore hip-hop artists
Moore is also a frequent collaborator with Doctor Popular (aka Drown Radio), MC Router, Shael Riley, tanner4105 and DJ Snyder. In 2007 he took part in The Mediocre Tour with fellow nerdcore artists MC Router and Doctor Popular, performing shows in Washington, Oregon, and California. Moore has done shows with notable nerdcore artists mc chris,

, Schaffer the Darklord, YTCracker, Optimus Rhyme, and

MC Lars Andrew Robert Nielsen (born October 6, 1982), known professionally as MC Lars, is an American record producer, rapper, cartoonist, podcaster and educator. Lars is one of the self-proclaimed originators of "lit-hop", and is the founder and CEO of ...

. In December 2007, The Grammar Club released their debut EP ''Bremelanotide''. The Grammar Club are a six-piece band featuring Beefy, along with Shael Riley, Glenn Case, Sean "Ailsean" Stone, tanner4105, and Ty Guenley. In February 2009, Beefy attended "Glitched: The Dutch Nerdcore Event," the first major nerdcore event to be held outside the United States. It was held in Club Panama in Amsterdam and featured the film "Nerdcore for Life" as well as performances from his fellow rappers MC Router,

, and YTCracker. In July 2009, Beefy performed at

Nerdapalooza Nerdapalooza was an annual nerd music and arts festival in Orlando, Florida, United States, the first of its kind to invite all genres of the nerd music movement under one roof, including geek rock, nerdcore, chiptune, and video game music. The ...

, the largest nerdcore hip hop event in North America.

Discography

Studio albums

*''Tube Technology'' (2006) *''Rolling Doubles'' (2008) *''With Sprinkles'' (2010) *''Grown Up'' (2014) *''Too Big To Fail, Part One'' (2016) *''Too Big To Fail, Part 2'' (2019)

EPs

*''The Whitesican EP'' (2005) *''nerd.'' (2005) *''The Adventures of Beef Thompson: Private Dick'' (2007) *''The Adventures of Beef Thompson: IN SPACE'' (2009) *''The Adventures of Beef Thompson: Vampire Hunter'' (2011) *''Bowling For Shiva: A Tribute To The League'' (2012) *''The Adventures of Beef Thompson: Check Your Local Listings'' (2013)

With The Grammar Club

*''Bremelanotide'' (2007) *''MC Horse Rides Again'' (2010) *''Bioavailable'' (2013) *''Live Slow. Die Whenever'' (2018) *''King Content'' (2019)

Featured appearances

* Random - ''Megaran 10'' - "Go Off (w. Phill Harmonix)" *

– ''21 Concepts (But A Hit Ain't One)'' - "Child's Play", "Reaping Beauty (w.

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, Random, SMP)" *'' Child's Play CD 2008'' – "Game Store Girl", "Underbeard" (with The Grammar Club) *Dual Core – ''Superpowers'' – "I'm No Superman" *Dual Core – ''Lost Reality'' – "Fantastic Four (f. YTCracker, Wheelie Cyberman, and Beefy)" *Dual Core – ''Next Level'' - "Magnificent 7 (f. MC Frontalot, MC Lars, Schaffer the Darklord, Beefy, Random and YTCracker)" *

& YTCracker – ''

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'' – "Other People's Property (featuring Beefy, K. Flay and MC Router)" *Nerdy South Presents – ''Dirty Nerdy Vol 1'' – "Grew Up A Screw Up (YTCracker, Beefy, and tanner4105)" *

- '' Zero Day'' - ''Disaster'' with Schaffer the Darklord *

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- ''The Foreign Globester'' - "Cult Leader" with

*Former Fat Boys, Hard Corey, Schooly Bus, & Ben - ''The Legend of Hard Corey'' - "Revenge of the Nerds" with

and YTCracker * Adam Warrock - ''You Dare Call That Thing Human?!?'' - "M.L.F." with Int80 of Dual Core *Adam Warrock - ''This Man... This Emcee!'' - "Nerd Corps (Core Nerds Remix)" with Int80 of Dual Core *Adam Warrock - ''City Beautiful!'' - "Get Smart" with Jesse Dangerously * Billy the Fridge - ''LBS'' - ''Fat Camp'' with Timm Konn * Mikal kHill - ''The Retro City Rampage EP'' - "Driving" *Mustin - ''Vision Quest'' - "You'll Never Get Away With This!" *''Mink Car Cover'' - "Yeh Yeh" with Mustin *

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- ''Cold Winter'' - "Our Time" *Torrentz - ''The Big Kahuna'' - "The Big Kahuna" with Fatback Supreme, Billy the Fridge, and Klopfenpop *ZeaLouS1 - ''Collaboc1de'' - "Welcome to Our Block"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beefy Nerdcore artists Rappers from Washington (state) 1985 births Living people 21st-century American rappers West Coast hip hop musicians