Tech N9ne

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Tech N9ne

Background information
Birth name	Aaron Dontez Yates
Also known as	Tecca Nina The Killa Clown
Born	November 8, 1971 (age 35)
Origin	Kansas City, Missouri
Genre(s)	Midwest hip hop
Years active	1997- present
Label(s)	Strange Music
Associated acts	The Regime
Website	TheRealTechN9ne.com

Tech N9ne (born Aaron Dontez Yates on November 8, 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American rapper. Yates adopted the name "Tech N9ne" in 1988. When asked what was behind the name "Tech N9ne," Aaron responded:

My name means Technique Number Nine. Nine is the number of completion. Nine months completes a pregnancy. A cat has nine lives. Three plus six is nine. Three hundred and sixty degrees is a complete circle. Technique number nine – I am a complete technique of rhyme. That’s why you can hear me on a track with Yukmouth, C-Bo or Lynch Hung. You can hear me with Tupac and you can hear me with Spice 1. You can hear me with all these people because I’m well rounded. You can hear me with Eminem on The Wakeup Show. You can hear me with any emcee because I am the complete technique of rhyme. I’m every nigga in one. It’s beautiful.^[1]

He has sold over 600,000 albums independently ^[2]^[3]. He holds the Kansas City SoundScan record for most albums sold in a week (20,000+).^[4]

1 Career
- 1.1 Early beginning
2 Strange Music
3 Popular entertainment
4 Discography
5 Videography
6 Filmography
7 References
8 External links

Career

Early beginning

Tech N9ne got his start in music in 1988. Early in his career, he 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 a the touch pad numbers of a telephone. However, the group disbanded when they were dropped from their label, Perspective Records. Additionally, he saw glimpses of success as a member of the 57th Street Rouge Dog Villains, who are also a Kansas City based group, with their single "Let's Get Fucked Up".^[5]

Strange Music

Strange Music is a music label that is co-owned by Tech N9ne, and it was created in 2002 after his release from JCOR Entertainment.^[6] Under the label, Tech N9ne has released four albums, Absolute Power, Anghellic: Reparation, Vintage Tech, and Everready: The Religion. The label has signed several other performers and bands including Kutt Kalhoun, rock/rap group Critical Bill, Skatterman & Snug Brim, Project: Deadman which consists of Prozak, King Gordy 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.

Popular entertainment

Music sample:

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- Sample of "Caribou Lou" from Everready: The Religion
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Four of Tech N9ne's songs are featured in the Universal Pictures movie, Alpha Dog. Two of those songs, "Caribou Lou" and "Night and Day" are from his most recent album, Everready: The Religion. Also included are "Slither" from his 2002 album Absolute Power and "LA LA Land" featuring Gina Cassavetes (daughter of acclaimed film director Nick Cassavetes) which is featured on the Alpha Dog soundtrack.^[7]

The tracks "Jellysickle" and "My Wife, My Bitch, My Girl" are on the 25 To Life video game soundtrack, and a censored version of "The Beast" is featured in Madden NFL 2006.

In 2007, Tech N9ne was also featured on the MTV program I'm From Rolling Stone. Also MTV related, due to overwhelming fan support, Tech is being considered for a performance on season two of Wrestling Society X (if the show is picked up by MTV for a second season).

Discography

Album Cover	Album information
	The Calm Before The Storm Released: November 9, 1999 Chart positions: U.S. Sales: Last RIAA certification: Singles: "Cloudy-Eyed Stroll", "Mitchell Bade" Label: Midwestside Records
	The Worst Released: September 12, 2000 Chart positions: U.S. Sales: Last RIAA certification: Singles: Label: Midwestside Records
	The Worst: 2K Edition Released: 2001 Chart positions: U.S. Sales: Last RIAA certification: Singles: Label: Midwestside Records
	Anghellic Released: August 28, 2001 Chart positions: #59 Top 200, #50 Top R&B/Hip-Hop U.S. Sales: 173,511 ^[8] Last RIAA certification: Singles: "It's Alive" Label: JCOR Entertainment
	Celcius Released: September 2002 Chart positions: U.S. Sales: Last RIAA certification: Singles: Label: Midwestside Records
	Absolute Power Released: September 24, 2002 Chart positions: #79 Top 200, #3 Top Independent, #28 Top R&B/Hip-Hop U.S. Sales: 250,000 ^[9] Last RIAA certification:Gold Singles: "Here Comes Tecca Nina", "I'm A Playa", "Imma Tell", "Slacker" Label: Strange Music / MSC Music Entertainment
	Anghellic: Reparation Released: February 11, 2003 Chart positions: #46 Top Independent U.S. Sales: Last RIAA certification: Singles: Label: Strange Music / MSC Music Entertainment
	Vintage Tech Released: March 22, 2005 Chart positions: #19 Top Independent, #63 Top R&B/Hip-Hop U.S. Sales: 13,000 ^[10] Last RIAA certification: Singles: Label: Strange Music / MSC Music Entertainment
	Everready (The Religion) Released: November 7, 2006 Chart positions: #50 Top 200, #2 Top Independent, #11 Top Rap, #23 Top R&B/Hip-Hop U.S. Sales: 84,185 ^[11] Last RIAA certification: Singles: "Bout Ta' Bubble" Label: Strange Music
	Killer Released: TBA Chart positions: U.S. Sales: Last RIAA certification: Singles: Label: Strange Music