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YTCracker

Background information
Birth name Bryce Case, Jr.
Also known as YTCracker
Born August 23, 1982
Origin La Mirada, California, U.S.
Genre(s) Rap/Hip Hop, Nerdcore
Years active 1998–present
Label(s) Colorado Beach, Nerdy South Records

Bryce Case, Jr. (b. August 23, 1982), otherwise known as YTCracker (pronounced “whitey cracker”), is a rapper, former cracker, and Internet entrepreneur. YTCracker began producing rap music in 1998 in the genre that has since become known as nerdcore hip hop. His early work mainly focused on documenting and amusing the participants of the America Online hacking scene. YTCracker is a self-proclaimed "jack of all trades", also making a name for himself as a professional disc jockey, computer programmer, graphics designer and webmaster.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Childhood

Bryce was born in La Mirada, California, U.S. to parents Bryce Case, Sr. and Mary Case.

From a young age, Bryce was exposed to computers by his father and mother, learning to program BASIC from age 4. From there, his father taught him how to navigate MSDOS and System V. Before long, he was involved in the local bulletin board systems and learning various other programming languages by reading books and examples.

Throughout school, he was involved in extracurricular academics including math, science, and chess clubs. He also pursued fictional writing, placing second in the Betty Field Memorial Writing Contest in 8th grade. He was accepted into both SAIL and the International Baccalaureate program at General William J. Palmer High School in Colorado Springs.[citation needed]

[edit] Ties to the computer underworld

In 1999, Bryce gained notoriety for defacing the web site of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center with a commonly used msadc.pl exploit, along with other government websites. [1]

These happenings launched him into the media spotlight, making him a resource for the media commenting on other hacking-related events, such as the denial of service attacks on Yahoo, eBay, Gay.com, and other well-known websites in 2000. [2]

[edit] Professional career and adulthood

Bryce dropped out of high school at the age of 17 to focus on a career in the information technology field. At 18, he took a job as a technical support representative for Gateway, Inc.. Shortly after, his then-girlfriend Jolene was found to be pregnant. At this time, Bryce took a senior systems analyst position with Ford Motor Company's Auto Finance division.[citation needed]

Bryce and Jolene married on October 26, 2002. Their daughter, Isabella, was born March 15, 2003.

After leaving Ford, he took a job as a data strategist for MCI's Mass Markets division, authoring various web-based tools for the company before being laid off in the summer of 2004. It was at this time that Bryce decided to focus less on corporate work and more on personal interests.

Bryce and Jolene separated on October 15, 2005. They filed for divorce on May 12, 2006.

[edit] Entrepreneurship

YTCracker's first company was Digital Gangster Enterprises, LLC. Initially organized in 2001, its sole purpose was to focus on music promotion and production in the Colorado Springs area. Eventually it branched out into more online ventures, including various website assets.

YTCracker then partnered with longtime online friends and spamtec groupmates phlow, eGod and rmk (who joined later) focusing on utilizing income gained from their online web properties and investing into brick-and-mortar businesses and real estate.

[edit] Music

He performs (as both an MC and a DJ) at many events - most notably, he has DJed for a party of thousands at Club Ice in Las Vegas, and performed alongside such musical acts as Xzibit, Cypress Hill, Digital Underground, George Clinton and Too Short at the infamous Players’ Ball. He also received a (credited as “whitey cracker”), for his contribution to PIMPANDHO.COM (NWS), a song by famous rapper Too Short on his 2003 album Married to the Game. [3]

Aside from travelling around the country as a disc jockey, he recently held a weekly residency at the Eden Nightlife club in Colorado Springs.[4]

Most of the songs by spamtec are pro spam and YTCracker claims to have drawn income from this market in the past. [5]

[edit] Downloads

Since 1998, he has sporadically released his songs as they’ve been completed. In late 2004, he and rhyming partner phlow released stc is the greatest , a compilation of their works as the duo spamtec. The album was comprised of background instrumentals that are common on the file sharing networks, giving the music a familiar sound to the musicians who frequent these downloads.

[edit] Releases

[edit] As a solo artist

In May 2005, he released NerdRap Entertainment System, a nine track album.[6] Six of the tracks had not been previously released (that is, all except for Dugdig). [7] All of the music on this (aside from the percussion which was composed in Reason 3) is re-sampled based upon music from Nintendo Entertainment System games. This album focuses mainly on nostalgia, retro, and problems faced by nerds. [8]

YTCracker released commercially for the first time with Nerd Life, a 17 track album, in December 2006. [9]

[edit] With spamtec

In December 2005 spamtec released their second, double-disc album, still the greatest. [10]

[edit] Discography

  • stc is the greatest (2004) (as a member of spamtec)
  • Nerdrap Entertainment System (2005) (solo effort)
  • still the greatest (2005) (as a member of spamtec)
  • Rhyme Torrents Volumes I & II (2006) (Nerdcore Hip-Hop Compilation)
  • Nerd Life (2006) (solo effort)
  • Dirty Nerdy (2007) (featuring many other nerdcore artists)

[edit] Media coverage

[edit] News and periodicals

[edit] Books

This list was compiled utilizing Google Book Search.

  • Scott, A Hugh. Computer and Intellectual Property Crime: Federal and State Law. Washington DC: BNA Books, 2001.
  • Pipkin, Donald L. Halting the Hacker: A Practical Guide to Computer Security (with CD-ROM). Indianapolis: Prentice Hall PTR, 2002.
  • Lilley, Peter. Hacked, Attacked, & Abused: Digital Crime Exposed. London: Kogan Page, 2003.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cracker Launches Attack on NASA. Wired. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
  2. ^ New Windows tools fend off denial-of-service attacks. ITworld.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
  3. ^ Photo of writing credit. YTCracker. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
  4. ^ Listing as a DJ. The DJ List. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
  5. ^ Spammin' is slammin'. Spam Kings Blog. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
  6. ^ N.E.S. download page. YTCracker. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
  7. ^ N.E.S. insert. YTCracker. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
  8. ^ YTCracker lyrics. Leo's Lyrics. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
  9. ^ Nerd Life. YTCracker. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
  10. ^ Spamtec on ytcracker.com. YTCracker. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.

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