Yes, along with being the third smartest dude/dudette in the world (behind Kagami Yoshimizu and Marilyn vos Savant) this guy can bust a nut with a verse and a rhyme.
First off, MC Hawking is a prolific rap artist in the underground scene of Nerdcore. Nerdcore is a sub-genre of rap, as you guessed from the title a lot of the lyrics usually involve nerd, and nerd related things (anime, video games, math, science, being a virgin into your late thirties, Star Wars, Star Trek, any deviation of the concept of space, time, and pre-history universe.). Many of the prominent artists are…well white, and their delivery is similar to what many rappers at the birth of rap in the early nineties, eighties and late seventies.
like this:
Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J
Than gangsta rap came along
6 Feet Deep - Ghetto Boys
Sorry
Anyway, Hawking love affair of rap came by in the early nineties when he and Dr. Dre were rolling down the street, drinking forties, and talking about theories of the Universe. When Dr. Dre turned to Hawking and whispered in his ear “Let’s make an album.” When Hawking recovered from shock that, that was the thing he asked! He looked over and said the words that would echo through the doughnut shape Universe and it’s duration.
"Let's set this bitch a blaze"
-Stephen Hawking, 1992
In 1992 Stephen Hawking dropped a three song LP: The Hawkman Cometh EP, and blew the collective mind of the rap community and the scientific community. In the same mother-fucking song, entitled The Hawkman Cometh Hawking blasting Kip Thorne, John Preskill, 2pac, Biggie, and Wu-Tang.
Hawking from ‘92 to ‘97 enjoyed the fame as being one of the most feared rappper of his time. In between those years Hawking released two more albums “Fear of a Black Hole(94)” and “E=MC Hawking(97)” to wide acclaim and sales.
On the 1997 song entitled "Hawking Radiation” on his album E=MC Hawking released that year, he called his life long scientific and rap rivals John Preskill and Kip Thorne "gay;" to add insult to injury Hawking mocked Kip’s LIGO experiment, again calling that “gay.” While introducing a new theory on the black hole information paradox...awesome!
In response to such an insult Kip and hetro-partner John Preskill challenged Hawking to a scientific rap off on the topic of the Black Hole Information Paradox(they believed Hawking's theory to be bullshit). The challenge was to take place at the University of Florida (Kip’s turf) on November 16th of that year.
Hawking unfortunately lost when he began his new joint “ Event Horizon“, although rumor has it that Hawking only lost cause Jon, and Kip cheated by unplugging Hawking’s machine and installing the flawed song(it’s rumored because the song’s content goes against everything Hawking believed and rapped about). Since than Hawking has refused to talk about the shameful event that ruined his rap career being dropped by his label Death Row Records.
Hawking became a recluse very seldom being seen in public; from 1997 to 2004 Hawking refused to even touch a mic. Seemingly out of no where and no reason Hawking announced he would make a best of album to be released in 2004 by Brash Entertainment to be epically called A Brief History of Rhyme: Best of MC Hawking. The album would have all of MC Hawking’s top hits remixed by Ken Leavitt-Lawrence and DJ Doomsday who would provide new beats and lyrics for the album.
When asked why Dre wasn’t involved with the album. Hawking only said “Et tu Dre? Et tu?” and left.
The record was quietly released with a very small reception.
In 09, I bought MC Hawking’s best of album over Memorial Day weekend and loved it. He mixes science, theoretical physics, and being a gangsta on the streets; very well with great rhymes on top of amazing beats provided by DJ Doomsday. The tracks are layered you can listen to it just for the enjoyment of a genially good song or ironicly for their amazing abilty to mix gangsta rap with theoretical physics. Check him out at his site or do what I did buy his album( of course there are other ways you can get his songs *cough* *cough*).
He was a legend in his time; his a myth in our’s
Biz Bizang (LP Version) - M.C. Hawking
Check it out he may not even be alive. He was rushed to Cambridge Hospital April 20th due to a chest infection. As of now they say his doing fine but you never know, you never know…
Ofiical sites
MC Hawking
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