On Friday, Phoenix nerdcore rapper Mega Ran was nominated for a 2026 Grammy for his album “Buddy’s Magic Tree House” in the Best Children’s Music Album category.

He’s a Show favorite, someone we’ve had on the program a few times over the years.

Here he is at our live event at the Crescent Ballroom back in September.

“I’m ready for anything because I used to teach middle school y’all. And uh, I’ve definitely learned if you can do that … this is easy,” he said.

Here’s a few lines from a song on that album, “The Library Jawn”:

“OK, I want to talk to you about my favorite place in the world, the library.
Any readers out here? Excellent.
So again I wrote this for my kids. We were trying to learn how to spell it …”

The 2026 Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026.

Mega Ran performs “The Library Jawn” from his Grammy-nominated album “Buddy’s Magic Tree House” during The Show’s live event at Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix on Sept. 14, 2025.

Mega Ran performs “The Library Jawn” from his Grammy-nominated album “Buddy’s Magic Tree House” during The Show’s live event at Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix on Sept. 14, 2025.

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