A few days ago, Jeopardy host Alex Trebek learned about the nerdcore scene from a contestant who declared herself a fan of raps about video games, science fiction, and so forth. After listening to her explanation, he straight-up called her and her nerdcore brethren “losers,” because goddamn, Trebek has no mercy.
After a clip of the exchange went viral, some nerdcore rappers have spoken up to take offense at Trebek’s generalizing words, as Kotaku pointed out. Rapper Mega Ran chimed in with an anti-Trebek dis, though he seems more or less amused by the whole thing.
Nerdcore icon MC Chris, however, was a little angrier. He’s spent the last few days retweeting replies from nerdcore fans taking umbrage with Trebek, and trying to get #SuckItTrebek trending across the internet.
“alex trebek” is trending for dismissing my music genre and my fans. I wish the hashtag #SuckItTrebek was trending. make it so internet.
— mc chris is dreaming (@_mcchris) October 13, 2016
@_mcchris #SuckItTrebek pic.twitter.com/AbhEcG3VAa
— UnfetteredCapitalism (@Kamandi504) October 13, 2016
my “nerdcore” album for “losers” charted at #2 on billboard’s comedy charts. #SuckItTrebek
— mc chris is dreaming (@_mcchris) October 13, 2016
Wheatus, who sang “Teenage Dirtbag,” were also mad about it.
lotsa mics getting “Alex Trebek” spit at them today#nerdcore #revenge @mc_frontalot @markschaffer @MegaRan @mclars @realytcracker
— wheatus (@wheatus) October 13, 2016
This is real. You’re a gross bully snitch, Alex Trebek. https://t.co/RgVOkR44sk
— wheatus (@wheatus) October 13, 2016
Other nerdcore rappers seemed to show a sense of humor about it.
You wanna go, Trebek? YOU WANNA GO? https://t.co/QYWgFw08Lp
— MC Frontalot (@mc_frontalot) October 13, 2016
In the end, it seemed like the real winner—and this is hard to argue with—was the Jeopardy contestant herself, who won the show twice in a row.
Props to Susan, the nerdcore rap fan on @Jeopardy, for winning two days in a row. #suckittrebekpic.twitter.com/n7La1KRvvq
— MC Lars (@mclars) October 14, 2016
Alex Trebek does not have a Twitter, and probably missed most of this.