Fo’ da shorteez

MC Pee Pants. Sir Loin. Little Brittle. Hesh. He’s known by all these names, but Chris Ward is perhaps best known as nerdcore rapper MC Chris. High-voiced “like a ten year-old” (or so he’s been told), MC Chris’s rapid-fire delivery on topic like Nintendo, girls, Robotussin and Boba Fett have gained him a small following that’s amazingly devout.

The man started out rapping during set breaks at punk rock house shows while going to college at NYU. While he was studying screenwriting there, he roomed with Adam Rabuck, frontman for Dirt Bike Annie. According to an interview with IGN Filmforce, Rabuck introduced to Ward to “all kinds of different punk bands – all the bands that were on the Lookout label…”

After a series of entry-level jobs working for various television shows (including Michael Moore’s the Awful Truth and A&E’s Biography), Ward got involved with the Upright Citizen’s Brigade. Through a girl who was a member of the troupe, Ward met Adam Reed, who worked on various [adult swim] programs, who offered Ward a job on Sealab 2021.

All through this, he was rapping and recording stuff in New York. While working for Cartoon Network, he recorded three albums: Life’s A Bitch and I’m Her Pimp, Knowing Is Half the Hassle, and Eating’s Not Cheating. He’s also voiced such characters as Aqua Teen Hunger Force’s MC Pee Pants, Sir Loin, and Little Brittle; Sealab 2021’s Hesh; and various voices here and there.

Last year, Ward announced via his LiveJournal that he was leaving [adult swim] to focus on touring and recording. That was due to his signing to Good Charlotte‘s DC Flag Records. Via that label, he’s released a version 2 of Eating’s Not Cheating, with new tracks. So, right now the man is on tour. You can find tour dates at his site. As a matter of fact, he’s playing in downtown Lawrence tonight, and I’d be there at the Bottleneck if me and the wife didn’t have tickets to Elvis Costello.

MC’s got a huge Internet following. You can find BitTorrent bootleg dvds, fan testimonials, and all sorts of shit. There’s also tons of stuff via the various fan sites that have popped up around [adult swim]’s shows… so, I’ll try and hook you up with as much shit as possible, because I wanna spread the word. You’ll thank me, much as I thank the late, lamented Whatever-Dude.

from Sealab 2021
Hesh’s Birthday Rap
Hesh’s Wedding Rap

from Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Sir Loin – “Fo’ Da Shorteez
MC Pee Pants – “I Want Candy
Little Brittle – “Please Come Visit Me, Dawg

Geek” (live at the Continental) VIDEO

Download the entire Life’s A Bitch And I’m Her Pimp album
MC Chris – Life’s A Bitch…