Born Aaron Dontez Yates, Tech N9ne embarked on a journey with the eccentric at an early age. His mother, diagnosed with lupus, epilepsy and diabetes, sparked the Kansas City native’s search for God ...

Released On: Sway & King Tech’s This Or That (1999) This cult classic posse cut from Sway & King Tech’s compilation This Or That features Tech N9ne trading blistering verses with the likes of Eminem, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Your Guide to KC: Star culture and identity writer J.M. Banks is acting as a tour guide of sorts to some well-known and hidden ...

Tech N9ne and the Strange Music family's 55-show Independent Powerhouse Tour pulls into Tucson's Rialto Theatre on Tuesday. Since co-founding Strange Music, an independent recording label, in 1999 the ...

Tech N9ne has been a staple of the underground rap and horrorcore scene for decades. Along with his business partner Travis O’Guin, the Kansas City, Missouri native built his label, Strange Music, ...

Talilo (left) and Tech N9ne on the "My Shoes" single art. (Jawan Blevins, Jon Meyer and Cruz Media, courtesy of Talilo Marfil.) Musicians collaborating with their idols always marks a significant ...

Your Guide to KC: Star culture and identity writer J.M. Banks is acting as a tour guide of sorts to some well-known and hidden gems, with a focus on Kansas City’s communities of color. Send your ideas ...

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — FIFA has been releasing the official World Cup 2026 Sonic IDs for each of North America’s 16 host cities all month. The Kansas City Theme, which local rapper Tech N9ne wrote, was ...

YOURSELF. SOME STAR POWER, ESPECIALLY KANSAS CITY STAR POWER TECH NINE. WE KNOW HE’S FROM KANSAS CITY. THE RAPPER FAMOUS FOR THE SONG RED KINGDOM. SO IF YOU’RE WALKING AROUND ARROWHEAD AHEAD OF A GAME ...

The rapper Tech N9ne was too busy making music and touring to notice that he’d made 20 albums, until reporters started asking the independent hip-hop pioneer about the milestone. “I don’t count,” Tech ...

Kansas City-based rapper Tech N9ne plans to write a song commemorating the Kansas City Chiefs’ first trip to the Super Bowl in 50 years. “Because we’re gonna win it,” he said Sunday while standing ...