MC Router

MC Router

Infobox musical artist 2
Name = MC router
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Kristin Ritchie
Alias = "Router"
Born = 1986
Died =
Origin = Fort Worth, TX, U.S.
Genre = Nerdcore Ghetto-Tech
Occupation = Associate Producer at Pi Studios (Video game company)
Years_active = 2004–2007
Label = Nerdy South Records
URL =

Kristin Ritchie (born 1986), is a Nerdcore rapper, better known by the stage name MC Router. The self-proclaimed "First Lady of Nerdcore" [Citation
last = Johnston
first = Geoff
author-link =
last2 =
first2 =
author2-link =
title = MC Router
newspaper = Dallas Observer
pages =
accessdate=2007-07-11.
year = 2007
date=April 5, 2007
url = http://www.dallasobserver.com/2007-04-05/music/mc-router/
] founded the group "1337 g33k b34t" with friend Tanner Brown (aka "T-Byte") in 2004. [Citation
last = Cary
first = Darling
author-link = http://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/columnists/cary_darling/
title =Beats and Geeks
newspaper = Fort Worth Star-Telegram
pages = D1
year = 2007
accessdate=
date=February 18, 2007
url =
] Although the two are still friends and occasionally collaborate musically, the group disbanded in late 2006 to leave each of them to perform as solo acts. [cite web |url=http://www.independentsonly.com/Interview_Router.htm |title=THE MC ROUTER INTERVIEW |accessdate=2007-07-11 |format= |work= ] Late 2006 also marked the birth of "Tri-forc3", a joint effort between MC Router, Beefy, and Shael Riley. [cite web |url=http://www.hipsterplease.com/2006_07_02_archive.html |title=Hipster, please! |accessdate=2007-07-11 |format= |work= ] After "Wired Magazine" published an article on the Nerdcore scene [Citation
last = Thomasson
first =Roger
title = Me So Nerdy
magazine = Wired Magazine
pages = 5
year = 2006
issue = 14.09
date=September 2006
url = http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.09/play.html?pg=5
] in late 2006, she wrote a letter to the magazine editors and composed a song entitled "UNwired", explaining why she felt that the Nerdcore scene was misrepresented in the article. [cite web |url=http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2006/11/angry_nerdcore_.html |title=Angry Nerdcore Song About Wired |accessdate=2007-07-11 |last=Katayama |first=Lisa |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=November 20, 2006 |year=2006 |month=11 |format= |work=Table of Malcontents - Wired Blogs |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] [Citation
title = Rants + Raves
magazine = Wired Magazine
pages =
year = 2006
issue = 14.11
date=November 2006
url = http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/rants.html
]

As year 2007 began, Router released another new track entitled "Trekkie Pride", [Citation
last = Tanz
first = Jason
author-link =
title = Nerdcore and the Future of Music
magazine = Esquire Magazine
pages =
year = 2007
date=March 14, 2007
url = http://www.esquire.com/features/eskyawards2007/nerdcore0407
] which is known as "The First Nerdcore Song of 2007" [cite web |url=http://www.nerd-music.com/the-first-nerdcore-track-of-the-new-year/ |title=The First Nerdcore Track of the New Year |accessdate=2007-07-26 |format= |work=nerd-music.com ] [cite web |url=http://www.hipsterplease.com/2007/01/new-years-nerd-news-in-brief.html |title=New Year’s Nerd News in Brief |accessdate=2007-07-26 |format=html |work= |date=January 02, 2007] . The song appeared on a Drown Radio podcast less than a week later. [cite web |url=http://www.drownradio.com/2007/01/08/space-mix-tape-02.html#more-43 |title=Drown Pirate Radio 02- “Space Mix Tape 02 |accessdate=2007-07-26 |format= |work= |date=January 9th, 2007] She has also performed with such notable nerdcore artists like MPFM, Beefy, YTCracker, and mc chris

As of the end of 2007, MC Router left the nerdcore scene due to an disagreement between her and her producer. Tanner Brown, also known as "T-Byte" and MC Router are still friends and continue to work on their own music separately.

MC Router started up a new project [ [http://www.myspace.com/mcrouterlol MySpace.com - M.C. Router - HOUSTON, Texas - IDM / Electronique - www.myspace.com/mcrouterlol ] ] In which she chose to still go by MC Router.Fact|date=December 2007 After leaving the Nerdcore scene, she has moved on to new music including IDM, electro, and Ghetto-Tech.Fact|date=December 2007

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