Tech N9ne

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Biography

Aaron Dontez Yates (born November 8, 1971), better known by his stage name Tech N9ne (pronounced Tech Nine), is an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri. In 1999, Yates and Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. Throughout his career, Yates has sold over two million albums and has had his music featured in film, television, and video games. His stage name originated from the TEC-9 semi-automatic handgun, given to him by rapper Black Walt due to his fast rhyming Chopper style. Yates later applied a deeper meaning to the name, claiming that it stands for the complete technique of rhyme, with "tech" meaning technique and 'nine' representing the number of completion.

Details

Item Name Item Details
Year Formed 1991
Number of Albums 76
Record Label Strange Music
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Genres

Hip Hop Rap

Trivia

When did he and his business partner start Strange Music?

1999

...In 1999 , he and business partner Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. He has sold over two million albums and has had his music featu...
What was the name of the semi-automatic handgun that was given to him by Black Walt?

TEC9

...odie award at the mtvU Woodie Awards. His stage name originated from the TEC9 semiautomatic handgun, a name given to him by rapper Black Walt due to h...
Who gave the stage name TEC9 to him?

Black Walt

...ed from the TEC9 semiautomatic handgun, a name given to him by rapper Black Walt due to his fastrhyming chopper style. Yates later applied a deeper me...
Where was Yates born and raised?

Kansas City, Missouri

...he number of completion. Early life Yates was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri . He began rapping at a very early age, and would rap the letter...
What disease did his mother suffer from when he was a child?

epilepsy and lupus

...n Cook was estranged from the family and his mother suffered from epilepsy and lupus when he was a child, which emotionally affected him and inspired ...
In what year did Yates get married?

1995

...uld explore abandoned buildings with his best friend, hoping to catch a ghost on film. Personal life Yates was married in 1995 , but separated in 2005....
What year did he separate from his wife?

2005

...uld explore abandoned buildings with his best friend, hoping to catch a ghost on film. Personal life Yates was married in 1995, but separated in 2005 ....
What record label was founded in 1999?

Strange Music

...1999, he and business partner Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music . He has sold over two million albums and has had his music featured...
In what year did Tech N9ne perform?

2018

...r the semiautomatic firearm, see TEC9. Tech N9ne Tech N9ne performing in 2018 Background information Birth name Aaron Dontez Yates Born November 8, 19...
What does tech mean?

technique

... that it stands for the complete technique of rhyme, with tech meaning technique and nine representing the number of completion. Early life Yates was ...
How many albums has Hes a Mental Giant released?

eleven

...His career has spanned over 24 years, during which he has released eleven albums. According to the Hes a Mental Giant Songfacts, his stage name origin...
What is the name of his tenth studio album?

K.O.D.,

...apper Black Walt due to his fast rhyming style. His tenth studio album, K.O.D., was released October 27, 2009. This is another roller coaster ride, ex...
When was K.O.D. released?

October 27, 2009

...s fast rhyming style. His tenth studio album, K.O.D., was released October 27, 2009 . This is another roller coaster ride, explains TECH N9NE about the...
What is the name of the collabo album based on the study of being sick?

Sickology 101

...er ride, explains TECH N9NE about the release. When it came time for Sickology 101 , I knew I wanted to do a collabo album based on the study of being ...
What sets the stage for TECH N9NE to weave his introspective lyrics around?

Epic beats from YoungFyre, Wyshmaster, Seven and Matic Lee

...eats because they tell me exactly what to do. Epic beats from YoungFyre, Wyshmaster, Seven and Matic Lee set the stage for TECH N9NE to weave his intr...
What song features Messy Marv and Big Scoob?

Nothin

...into the HipHop classroom for a lesson in murdering a beat. The single, Nothin , is an inspiring, honest anthem that features Messy Marv and Big Scoob....
What two characters cruise to the depths of darkness on Midwest Choppers 2?

TECH N9NE and Krayzie Bone

..., honest anthem that features Messy Marv and Big Scoob. Meanwhile, on Midwest Choppers 2, TECH N9NE and Krayzie Bone cruise to the depths of darkness....
What is Tech N9ne's real name?

Aaron Dontez Yates

... Aaron Dontez Yates , better known as Tech N9ne (pronounced Tech Nine), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. In ...
Who founded the record label in 1999?

Yates and Travis O'Guin

...ne), is an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri. In 1999, Yates and Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. Throughout his career,...
How many albums has Yates sold?

over one million

... record label Strange Music. Throughout his career, Yates has sold over one million albums and has had his music featured in film, television, and vid...
What year was Dontez Yates born?

1971

... Early life Childhood (19711984) Aaron Dontez Yates was born Nobember 8, 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri. He never met his father, and his mother suffer...
Who was Tech's best friend?

Brian B'zle Dennis

... He would wander around abandoned buildings with his best friend, Brian B'zle Dennis , hoping to catch a ghost on film. Tech grew up in a small house i...
Where did Tech grow up?

Wayne Miner projects

...g to catch a ghost on film. Tech grew up in a small house in the Wayne Miner projects , where his grandmother and a few of his aunts and uncles also st...
What family members stayed with him?

his grandmother and a few of his aunts and uncles

...n a small house in the Wayne Miner projects, where his grandmother and a few of his aunts and uncles also stayed. After a while he moved up to his gra...
Where did he move up to after a while?

his grandmother's house

...n the Wayne Miner projects, where his grandmother and a few of his aunts and uncles also stayed. After a while he moved up to his grandmother's house ....
Where did Aaron see his father for the first time?

when he was five years old

...ron remembers seeing his biological father for the first time when he was five years old . Whenever he came to Kansas City he would put up with his own...
What was Aaron's mother's religion?

Christian

... her mother, Maude Sue YatesKhalifah, a proficient musician, in strict Christian tradition. They lived in a small house in the Wayne Miner projects wi...
How many halfbrothers were there?

two

...he moved to a new house with his mother and stepfather, eventually having two halfbrothers, Hakim Khalifah and Kiraameen Khalifah, and one halfsister,...
What genre of music did Tech N9ne debut in?

horrorcore

...Even though he debuted in the underground realm of horrorcore and seemed destined to be a future footnote, rapper Tech N9ne grew to become an indie ra...
Tech has arguably topped which underground trailblazers?

Insane Clown Posse

...s to influence, Tech has arguably topped underground trailblazers Insane Clown Posse thanks to collaborations with mainstream artists and a style that...
When did he release a quartet of Top Five albums?

early 2010s

...ardcore and confessional. Issuing a quartet of Top Five albums in the early 2010s All 6's and 7's, Something Else, Strangeulation, and Special Effects...
What was the name of the album he released in the early 2010s?

Something Else

...ng a quartet of Top Five albums in the early 2010s All 6's and 7's, Something Else , Strangeulation, and Special Effects he built a vast and devoted au...
What did Tech learn to read and do through educational raps?

math

...Aaron Dontez Yates in Kansas City, Missouri, Tech learned to read and do math through educational raps. Later, music helped him deal with his mother's...
What genre offered an attractive dark form of escapism?

horror

...eal with his mother's ongoing struggle with lupus, while an interest in horror and ghosts would offer an attractively dark form of escapism. He brough...
Black Mafia, 57th Street Rogue Dog Villians, Nnutthowze, and what other group did he join?

the Regime

... 57th Street Rogue Dog Villians, Nnutthowze, and the Yukmouth project the Regime . The Worst followed on the label in 2000, and then the Interscopeasso...
Anghellic was released in what year?

2001

... and then the Interscopeassociated imprint JCOR picked the artist up for 2001 's Anghellic, a horrorcore effort that introduced Tech's own sublabel, St...
What did Tech feel his label wasn't being honest about?

sales

...stage show locked some fans in for good, but Tech didn't feel his label was being honest about sales , so he left JCOR and took Strange Music with him....