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Also known as Damien Hess, Frontalot

American nerdcore rapper

Film & TV

San Francisco, California, USA

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Damian Hess (born December 3, 1973), better known by stage name MC Frontalot, is a Brooklyn-based hip hop musician and self-proclaimed "world's 579th greatest rapper". He is best known in nerdcore hip hop and video game culture, for naming the nerdcore subgenre, and performing at Penny Arcade's annual Penny Arcade Expo. Hess graduated from Wesleyan…

Known for

  • The People vs. George Lucas — Self2010
  • FourCast — Self - Guest (as MC Frontalot)2009
  • NSFW Show — Self - Guest (as MC Frontalot)2009
  • Nerdcore Rising — MC Frontalot2008
  • Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time — Toilet Paper Factory Rapper(voice)2006

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1973-12-03
awesomenamehip hopnerdcore

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
99,703
Total plays
3,445,910

Tags

nerdcoreHip-HoprapNerdcore hip-hophip hop

MC Frontalot is the stage name of Damian Hess, a hip hop musician and self-proclaimed "world's 579th-greatest rapper." Many of his songs deal with things nerdy in nature, which has led him to be categorized as nerdcore, a word he himself coined in his first single, "Nerdcore Hip Hop". In 2002, the popular webcomic Penny Arcade (http://www.penny-arcade.com) declared him their official rapper laureate. He composed and recorded a song called 'The Penny Arcade Theme', and has appeared at the Penn

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Damien
Family name
Hess
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
San Francisco
Occupation
rapper
Religion
atheism
Instrument
voice
Official website
frontalot.com
Image
Frontalot.jpg
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Commons category
Damien Hess
date of birth
1973-12-03
social media followers
25800
pseudonym
MC Frontalot
start of work period
1999-00-00
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