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Beats And Geeks: Who Knew Bill Nye And Tyler, The Creator Had So Much In Common?

The new theme song for 'Bill Nye Saves the World' comes courtesy the former Odd Future frontman.
Bill Nye (left) and Tyler, the Creator collaborate for the sake of science.

What's weirder? A hip-hop loving Bill Nye the Science Guy, or a science-loving Tyler, the Creator?

Twenty-five years after the guy in, is produced by none other than former Odd Future frontman Tyler, the Creator, rap's freakiest geek and a self-professed longtime fan. "That show got kids to not hate science class," he tells Nye in a promo clip of the two together (below). "That full-on worked."

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