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Andrew Robert MacFarlane Nielsen (born October 6, 1982) is an American rapper, producer, writer, cartoonist and Stanford University alumnus, known by his stage name MC Lars. He is the self-proclaimed originator of "post-punk laptop rap." He was one of the first underground rappers to sample and reference post-punk and emo bands. He is the founder and CEO of the independent record label Horris Records.〔 He was the runner-up to Eisley on the Yahoo! Music's "Who's the Next Big Thing?" contest in 2005.〔(AbsolutePunk.net forum posting: "Vote for MC Lars or Eisley!" )〕 ==Career== He has recorded for Truck Records in the UK, Sidecho Records in the United States, Big Mouth Records in Japan, and Shock Records in Australia. He was formerly known as MC Lars Horris but changed his pseudonym to MC Lars in 2004 for purposes of simplicity. MC Lars currently resides in Venice Beach, California. In 2006, he released the single "Download This Song" with it entering the Australian Singles Chart at number 29. Nielsen has toured and done one-off performances with many different bands and rappers, including Snoop Dogg, I Fight Dragons, The Matches, Lupe Fiasco, Nas, Something With Numbers, Simple Plan, Bowling for Soup, Army of Freshmen, Gym Class Heroes, Say Anything, Streetlight Manifesto, Suburban Legends, Test Icicles, Jack's Mannequin, Patent Pending, Bayside, Fightstar, Make It Better Later, MC Frontalot, mc chris, Wheatus, The Aquabats, Ludacris, YTCracker, T-Pain, Yung Joc, Cartel and Zebrahead. Some of these bands play the part of Hearts That Hate for the song "Signing Emo" at live shows. Nielsen appeared in the 2008 independent film ''Community College'' as MC Lars. Nielsen was also a judge for the 8th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.〔(PRLog ).〕〔(Independent Music Awards – 8th Annual IMA Judges ).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MC Lars」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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