MC Lars

Andrew Robert Nielsen (born October 6, 1982), known professionally as MC Lars, is an American rapper, cartoonist, YouTuber, game designer and podcaster. He is one of the self-proclaimed originators of "lit-hop" and was one of the first rappers to sample and reference post-punk, pop punk, and emo bands.He is the founder and CEO of the independent record label Horris Records. He is the creator of the comic strip "27th Street", where many of the characters from his songs first appeared. Beginning as a regularly running strip in the Stanford Daily, Lars continued to post the strip on his Tumblr until October 2019. He is one of several people who claim to have coined the term iGeneration, which he is credited with doing in 2003. Many of Lars's songs reflect his straight edge, vegan and Christian beliefs.