Mega Ran is a nerdcore rapper, chiptune DJ, and producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The stage name originally came from his favorite game at the beginning of his musical career, Mega Man. He is also known by his producer nickname, Random Beats. He hosts a wrestling-oriented podcast on his website titled Mat Mania.

Pursuing the academic field at the time as a middle school teacher (formerly a special education teacher), he donned the titles of both a musical artist and a teacher until 2011, where he ultimately quit teaching to focus on a full-time music career.

Ran started to gain mainstream attention in March 2009 for the song “Splash Woman” from his fifth, then newly-released album Mega Ran 9, then again in February 2012 for “Mega Ran’s Jeremy Lin Rap” which was played on ESPN, and was also featured on NBC Sports, The New York Times, and other news outlets – it being dedicated to the professional NBA basketball player Jeremy Lin who was trending widespread at the time and was NBA’s newest sensation.

His original name was Random, and then the transition from Mega Ran to Random was made until he officially changed it back to Mega Ran in February 2015 to avoid confusion:

Today I decided to change my name officially to just Mega Ran. It’s too confusing with at least 6 other acts named Random, and some sites don’t allow an aka… so, it’s officially a thing.

Links:

Official Website
Instagram
Bandcamp
SoundCloud