Tech N9ne

Aaron Dontez Yates born November 8 19712 better known by his stage name Tech N9ne pronounced tech nine is an American rapper In 1999 he and business partner Travis OGuin founded the record label Strange Music He has sold over two million albums and has had his music featured in film television and video games3 In 2009 he won the Left Field Woodie award at the mtvU Woodie Awards4 His stage name originated from the TEC9 semiautomatic handgun a name given to him by rapper Black Walt due to his fastrhyming chopper style5 Yates later applied a deeper meaning to the name stating that it stands for the complete technique of rhyme with tech meaning technique and nine representing the number of completion56 Despite minimal mainstream success himself he has featured many mainstream artists on his albums including E40 Ice Cube Three 6 Mafia BoB Twista Busta Rhymes Kendrick Lamar Lil Wayne TPain Snoop Dogg The Game Wiz Khalifa CeeLo Green TI 2 Chainz Corey Taylor of Slipknot Eminem Logic and Boyz II Men From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia