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Birth name |
Aaron Dontez Yates |
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Born |
November 8, 1971 |
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Genre |
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Occupation(s) |
Rapper, record producer |
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Years active |
1991-present |
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Label |
Strange Music, RBC, Interscope, Qwest, Perspective A&M, Warner Bros. |
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Associated acts |
Big Scoob, Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, The Regime |
Aaron Dontez Yates (born November 8, 1971), better known by his stage name Tech N9ne, is an American rapper and record producer from Kansas City, Missouri. In 1999, N9ne 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 film, television and video games.
His stage name originated from the TEC-9 semi-automatic handgun, and was 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.
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
- 1999: The Calm Before the Storm
- 2000: The Worst
- 2001: Anghellic
- 2002: Absolute Power
- 2006: Everready (The Religion)
- 2007: Misery Loves Kompany
- 2008: Killer
- 2009: Sickology 101
- 2009: K.O.D.
- 2010: The Gates Mixed Plate
- 2011: All 6's and 7's
- 2011: Welcome to Strangeland
- 2013: Something Else
- 2014: Strangeulation
- 2015: Special Effects
- 2015: Strangeulation Vol. II
- 2016: The Storm
- 2017: Dominion
- 2017: Strange Reign
- 2018: Planet
- 2019: N9na
- 2020: Enterfear
Extended Plays
- 2010: The Lost Scripts of K.O.D.
- 2010: Seepage
- 2012: Klustefuk
- 2012: E.B.A.H
- 2012: Boiling Point
- 2013: Therapy: Sessions with Ross Robinson
- 2020: MORE FEAR
- 2020: FEAR EXODUS
- 2021: BLIGHT