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Tech N9ne

Background information
Birth name Aaron Dontez Yates
Also known as Tecca Nina, The Killa Clown, T-9, Kansas City King
Born November 8, 1971 (1971-11-08) (age 36)
Origin Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Genre(s) Hip hop
Years active 1996 – present
Label(s) Strange Music/Fontana Records/Universal Music Group
Associated acts The Regime
Kabosh
57th Street Rogue Dog Villians
Krizz Kaliko
Kutt Calhoun
Website TheRealTechN9ne.com

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Career

Tech N9ne is known for his wide range of collaborations with other well-known artists. In 1999, Tech N9ne was included on the track (and accompanying video) "The Anthem" from Sway & King Tech, two radio personalities based in California. Sway & King Tech is an American hip hop group comprised of Bay Area DJ's DJ Sway (Not to be mistaken for the U California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.

He started his rap career because of a dare from one of his friends in high school. Early in his career, Tech N9ne was a member of a group called "NNUTT HOWZE", which he pays tribute to in many of his lyrics by saying "Six, six, triple eight, forty six, ninety nine, three" (6688846993), which spells out NNUTT HOWZE on the touch pad numbers of a telephone. Basic principle A traditional landline telephone system also known as "plain old telephone service" (POTS, commonly handles both signaling and audio information However, the group disbanded when they were dropped from their label, Perspective Records. Perspective Records was an American Record label, launched in 1991 by the producing team Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, through a joint venture with Additionally, he saw glimpses of success as a member of the 57th Street Rogue Dog Villians - also a Kansas City-based group - with their single "Let's Get Fucked Up". [1]

Tech N9ne is a member of The Regime, a large collective of MCs including Yukmouth, Dru Down, Gonzoe, Tha Realest and Messy Marv among various others. The Regime is a Gangsta rap group created by rapper Yukmouth of The Luniz in 1997 and originally included fellow rappers Tech N9ne Jerold Dwight Ellis III (born on October 18, 1974 in Oakland, California) better known by his Stage name Yukmouth, is Dru Down (born Darnel Robinson) is a rapper from Oakland California. Ronald Moore, better known by his Stage name Gonzoe, is a rapper from Los Angeles, California. Jevon Jones (born in Dallas, Texas) is an American rapper better known by his Stage name Tha Realest, and formerly Messy Marv (born Marvin Watson) is a rapper from the Fillmore District of San Francisco California. Fellow Kansas City rappers, BG Bulletwound and Grant Rice, are also included in the collectives roster. Tech N9ne is one of the original members of The Regime, as he has been with the group since its creation by Yukmouth in 1997. The stage name Tech N9ne derives from the word technique and the number 9, 9 being the number of completion; meaning he is a 'complete emcee'.

Strange Music label

Tech N9ne and Travis O'Guin co-own the record label Strange Music, which was created in 2002 after Tech N9ne's release from JCOR Entertainment. Strange Music is a Record label created by Travis O'Guin and Tech N9ne. [2] Under the label, Tech N9ne has released six albums, Absolute Power, Anghellic: Reparation, Vintage Tech, Everready (The Religion), Tech N9ne Collabos: Misery Loves Kompany, and Killer. Absolute Power is the sixth album by Kansas City Missouri rapper Tech N9ne. Anghellic is the third album released by Kansas City based Rapper Tech N9ne. Vintage Tech is the eighth album released by Tech N9ne. It brings together a mixture of unreleased material with material that was previously released on Compilations Everready (The Religion is the ninth album from Tech N9ne, a rap star from Kansas City. Misery Loves Kompany is the tenth album from Tech N9ne, a rap star from Kansas City. The label has signed several other performers and bands including Kutt Calhoun, Skatterman & Snug Brim, Project: Deadman which consists of Prozak, and producer Mike E. Clark, Big Krizz Kaliko, and Kabosh which is a joint effort by Tech N9ne and Kaliko where they will venture into the rock world. Skatterman & Snug Brim is a rap duo from Kansas City, Missouri, currently signed to Strange Music. Mike E Clark is a musician and record producer known for his work with the Horrorcore music group Insane Clown Posse. Recently, Strange Music signed Dirty Thug Records, the label that houses Grave Plott (Killa C & Liquid Assassin), to a distribution deal. Strange Music has also signed Brooklyn-area rapper and member of La Coka Nostra, Ill Bill, to release his upcoming second album The Hour of Reprisal. William Braunstein (born 1972 better known as Ill Bill, is an American Rapper and Record producer from Brooklyn, New York There are rumors that Ill Bill has signed with Strange Music to join the actual label, although there has been no direct word as to whether his deal is for distribution only or not.

In Popular Culture

Tech N9ne is featured on the soundtrack for the 1997 movie Gang Related, featuring Jim Belushi and 2Pac. In 2001, Tech N9ne's song "Tormented," from his album Anghellic, appeared in a scene of the Fox TV series Dark Angel, it plays for nearly two minutes in the background of a bar scene contained in the season two episode "Two. Anghellic is the third album released by Kansas City based Rapper Tech N9ne. A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Dark Angel is an American Biopunk / Cyberpunk Science fiction Television program created by James Cameron "[3]

Four of Tech N9ne's songs were featured in the 2007 Universal Pictures film, Alpha Dog. 2007 saw major releases such as The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure Book of Secrets, Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Alpha Dog is a 2006 Crime drama film written and directed by Nick Cassavetes, and released on January 27, 2006. Two of those songs, "Caribou Lou" and "Night and Day" are from the 2006 album, Everready: The Religion. Everready (The Religion is the ninth album from Tech N9ne, a rap star from Kansas City. Also included are "Slither" from his 2002 album Absolute Power and "LA LA Land" featuring Gina Cassavetes (daughter of film director Nick Cassavetes) which is featured on the Alpha Dog film soundtrack. Absolute Power is the sixth album by Kansas City Missouri rapper Tech N9ne. Nicholas David Rowland Cassavetes (born May 21, 1959) is an American actor writer and director Originally, Tech N9ne was behind scoring the entire movie but the movie studio decided to remove some of his music to add more commercially known songs. [4]

His song "I'm a Playa" featured on the album Absolute Power samples the song Rock Me Amadeus by Falco. " Rock Me Amadeus " is a 1985 Song by the Austrian pop musician Falco from his album Falco 3.

The tracks "Jellysickle" and "My Wife, My Bitch, My Girl", both from 2006 album Everready (The Religion), are featured on the soundtrack to 25 To Life, a 2005 video game, in which Tech N9ne is also an unlockable character. 25 To Life is a Third-person shooter Video game for Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox released in 2006 Events March 6 &mdash The television show 60 Minutes tackles issues within Video game controversy. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. A censored version of "The Beast," also from 2006 release Everready (The Religion), is featured in the game Madden NFL 2006. Madden NFL 06 is an American football Video game which was released on August 8, 2005.

In early 2007, Tech N9ne was featured on the MTV program I'm From Rolling Stone. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City.

Tech N9ne has been confirmed for several upcoming collaborations. Among them are an appearance on Bizarre's (of D12) second solo album titled Blue Cheese & Coney Island, Bay Area rap pioneer E-40's upcoming album The Ball Street Journal[5], Bay Area MC San Quinn's album From a Boy to a Man, Ill Bill's The Hour of Reprisal and Brotha Lynch Hung's Dinner & A Movie album[6]. D12 (also known as D-12, The Dirty Dozen, D-Twizzy and Detroit-Twelve) is an American hip hop group from Detroit Blue Cheese & Coney Island is the second studio album by rapper Bizarre, distributed by Koch Records and released on October 23, 2007 Earl Stevens (born November 15, 1967) best known by his Stage name E-40, is a Bay Area rapper, part of the Bay Area rap Quincy Brooks IV (born October 24, 1978) better known by his Stage name San Quinn, is an American Rapper from San Francisco William Braunstein (born 1972 better known as Ill Bill, is an American Rapper and Record producer from Brooklyn, New York The Hour of Reprisal is the second Studio album by American hip hop musician Ill Bill. Kevin Mann, better known by his Stage name Brotha Lynch Hung, is an American Rapper from Sacramento California.

Lil' Flip has expressed interest to Tech N9ne in working together, though details have yet to be worked out between the two parties. [7]

Twista was originally set to appear on "Welcome To The Midwest" from Everready, but his recorded verse wasn't sent to Tech in time to be fully mastered without delaying the album. Carl Terrell Mitchell, (born Novermber 27 1973 better known by his Stage name Twista, is an American hip-hop emcee who once held the title of fastest emcee in the Tech says he still plans to use the verse in the future. [8] Tech later collaborated with Twista and Prozak on the song "Why" from Prozak's Tales From the Sick. Referring to bringing back the midwest, Krayzie Bone stated that he and Tech will definitely do work together in the future. Anthony Henderson (born June 17, 1973 better known as Krayzie Bone, is a two-time Grammy Award -winning artist and member of the

Tech N9ne has also popularized a mixed drink called Caribou Lou which is often asked for when in Kansas City. See also Cocktail CategoryCocktails|Beer cocktail|Cocktail garnish|Drinkware|Flaming beverage|Non-alcoholic mixed drinkA Cocktail is a style of mixed drink

In Spring 2008, Tech N9ne will embark on a nationwide tour with Swisha House recording artist Paul Wall. Swishahouse is a Houston, Texas based independent southern rap record label Paul Slayton, better known by his Stage name Paul Wall, was born March 11, 1981. The tour will also feature Brooklyn rapper Ill Bill. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. William Braunstein (born 1972 better known as Ill Bill, is an American Rapper and Record producer from Brooklyn, New York

Discography

Main article: Tech N9ne discography

Albums

Music videos

Note 1-1: Remains unreleased, was released in clips of each verse through an old Tech N9ne fansite. This is the discography of the Midwest Hip-hop Rapper Tech N9ne. The Calm Before The Storm Part 1 is the Debut album by Tech N9ne. The Worst is the second Album recorded by Rapper Tech N9ne. Tracklisting Stamina Trauma (featuring The Worst is the second Album recorded by Rapper Tech N9ne. Tracklisting Stamina Trauma (featuring Anghellic is the third album released by Kansas City based Rapper Tech N9ne. Celcius is the fifth album by Tech N9ne, it was released by Midwestside Records after Tech N9ne parted ways with the label Absolute Power is the sixth album by Kansas City Missouri rapper Tech N9ne. Anghellic is the third album released by Kansas City based Rapper Tech N9ne. Vintage Tech is the eighth album released by Tech N9ne. It brings together a mixture of unreleased material with material that was previously released on Compilations Everready (The Religion is the ninth album from Tech N9ne, a rap star from Kansas City. Strange Noize is a compilation album by those who performed in the Strange Noize Tour in 2007 primarily Kottonmouth Kings and Tech N9ne. Misery Loves Kompany is the tenth album from Tech N9ne, a rap star from Kansas City. Killer is the eleventh album from Tech N9ne, a rapper from Kansas City. Robert F Diggs (born July 5, 1969) better known as RZA (pronounced) is an American Music producer, Rapper, and occasional Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17 1972 known as Slim Shady and his primary Stage name Eminem, is an Academy Award -winning Alvin Nathaniel Joiner, better known by his Stage name Xzibit (pronounced as "exhibit" is an American rapper, Actor, and Troy Donald Jamerson (born October 31, 1972 in Queens, New York) better known as Pharoahe Monch, is an American hip hop Nathaniel Wilson (born July 20 1968) better known by his stage name Kool G Rap, is an American Hardcore rapper from the Corona James Savage, better known by his Stage name, Jayo Felony is a Rapper from southeast San Diego, California. Derek Keith Barbosa (born April 8, 1974) known as Chino XL, is an American Hip Hop lyricist battle rapper, and actor Lawrence Krishna Parker (born August 20 1965) better known by his stage name KRS-One, is an American Rapper. Eric Breed, better known as MC Breed is a rapper from Flint Michigan, and "Gotta Get Mine" featuring 2Pac, that made it to #6 on the Hot Kottonmouth Kings is an American Rap rock group from Orange County California.
Note 1-2: Tech N9ne makes a cameo appearance in this video. A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as
Note 1-3: This video can only be found on the Das Bus DVD.
Note 1-4: There were two versions of this video made, the first was released normally, the second was made available through FiggKidd's forum, completely different then the first, this one having a more adult theme.
Note 1-5: Footage of Tech N9ne recording in studio is used for his verse.
Note 1-6: This video was released on the T9X DVD in 2004, it was recorded several years prior, evident by Don Juan being present.

Selected filmography

Note 2-1: Yet to be officially released. Alpha Dog is a 2006 Crime drama film written and directed by Nick Cassavetes, and released on January 27, 2006. The Psychumentary is a documentary that looks into the never before seen life of rapper Tech N9ne.
Note 2-2: Tech N9ne does not physically appear, but he did have a helping hand in scoring the movie, this includes the placement of several of his songs in the films score as well as the appearance of a song from fellow label mates Skatterman & Snug Brim. Skatterman & Snug Brim is a rap duo from Kansas City, Missouri, currently signed to Strange Music.
Note 2-3: Currently in Post-production. See also Filmmaking Post-production occurs in the making of motion pictures, television programs, Videos audio recordings [10]

References

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  2. ^ Tech N9ne - Album Bio
  3. ^ "Two". This is a list of episodes for the television series Dark Angel. Dark Angel. Dark Angel is an American Biopunk / Cyberpunk Science fiction Television program created by James Cameron No. 06, season 02. 13:16 minutes in.
  4. ^ D. , Spence (2007-01-12). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Various Artists - Alpha Dog: Music From The Motion Picture. IGN. com. Retrieved on 2007-09-26. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a
  5. ^ Amter, Charlie (2007-07-12). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Tech N9ne finds his own flow in rap. LA Times. Retrieved on 2007-07-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians
  6. ^ Interviews - Brotha Lynch Hung. DubCNN. com (2007-06). Retrieved on 2007-09-26. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a
  7. ^ Tech N9ne Interview With TheFroHas2Grow Promotions (flv). Retrieved on 2007-12-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Event occurs at 00:22-00:35.
  8. ^ Interviews - Twista. DubCNN. com (2007-07). Retrieved on 2007-09-26. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a
  9. ^ Tech N9ne dvd info
  10. ^ The Life of Lucky Cucumber (2007). IMDB. com. Retrieved on 2007-10-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus

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