Charles Hamilton – Geeky hipster, or hip Geek?

Much has been said about Charles Hamilton in the past year. Discussions heated up, especially in the internet, the place that made him famous in the first place.

Some say Charles Hamilton is a Hipster rapper. Other's say he's a nerd, a geeky guy who got punched by a girl.

There's this video in which he explains his (Sega) philosophy.
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/11/25/rap-mixtape-about-being-sonic-the-hedgehog/ (sorry I didn't find a way to embed this.)

It's hard to be different and it takes a lot of courage to dare to be, and think, different than the average- That's for sure.

REVOK x CHARLES HAMILTON x KEEGAN GIBBS from Keegan Gibbs . com on Vimeo.

I think there's a thin line between a geek and a hipster. Sometimes that transformation happens once the horrors and excitements of puberty and/or high school/college with its peer pressure and all have ended.


I mean, look at Pharrell! A nerd trapped in a hipster body. By the way, he also seems to be hooked on those video games.



Lupe Fiasco. Another Nerd-turned-Hipster. By choice or not, doesn't matter. In a 2006 interview with VIBE magazine, he declared himself a nerd:

"I'm a regular guy, but I'm nerdy, too. In high school I was a nerd, and I haven't changed." Yet, as he flips through a magazine in the lobby of the ultra-chic Le Meridian Hotel in Beverly Hills, it's hard not to notice his colorful BAPE sneakers, Cartier frames surrounding his eyes, and all of the expensive pieces of jewelry he sports nonchalantly. The ideal depiction of a "nerd" seems light-years away from who Lupe Fiasco is today. The young rapper insists, however, that he is NOT the typical depiction of a nerd; not for how he dresses, but for how he uses his mind and abilities. "It wasn't even that I studied a lot in school," Lupe says before his show at the famed House of Blues in Hollywood. "I collected comic books and I knew massive amounts of information about the most trivial subjects and would 'wow' my peers. I was on the Knowledge Bowl Decathlon Team!"

Hm, and what do we make of kids like the New Boyz, rapping about staying "geeked up" and jerk dancin'?

New Boyz "You're A Jerk" OFFICIAL HD Music Video (Extended/Uncensored Version) * Skee.TV from Skee TV on Vimeo.

We'll keep watching how this Hipster vs. Geek thing develops! :-)