Tech N9ne was born Aaron Dontez Yates on November 8, 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri.[1] He began rapping at a very early age, and would rap the letters of his name in order to remember how to spell it.[4] He never met his father, and his mother suffered from epilepsy and lupus when he was a child, which deeply affected him and inspired him to "search for God".[4] After he graduated from high school, he would wander around abandoned buildings with his best friend, Brian Dennis, hoping to catch a ghost on film.[4] In 2003, Dennis was shot and killed by his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend, which further inspired Yate's search for a higher power, as well as giving him the drive to vent his frustrations in his music.
His stage name originated from the TEC-9 semi-automatic handgun, given to him by rapper Black Walt due to his fast rhyming style.[5] 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
His stage name originated from the TEC-9 semi-automatic handgun, given to him by rapper Black Walt due to his fast rhyming style.[5] 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
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