1. Immortal Technique's lyrics are largely commentary on issues such as politics, religion, institutional racism, and government conspiracies.
16 Facts About Immortal Technique
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Immortal Technique seeks to retain control over his production, and has stated in his music that record companies, not artists themselves, profit the most from mass production and marketing of music.
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Immortal Technique claimed in an interview to have sold close to a combined total of 200,000 copies of his first three official releases.
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Immortal Technique is of mostly Amerindian descent, and has Spanish, French and African ancestry.
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Immortal Technique's family immigrated to Harlem, New York, in 1980 to escape the Peruvian Civil War.
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Immortal Technique attended Hunter College High School on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where his classmates included Chris Hayes and Lin-Manuel Miranda, whom he bullied, although the two later became friends.
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In 2001, Immortal Technique released his first album Revolutionary Vol.
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Immortal Technique is the only rapper in history to have a "Hip Hop Quotable" while being unsigned.
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Between 2005 and 2007 Immortal Technique began working on The Middle Passage and The 3rd World, the two albums that would serve a follow-up to Revolutionary Vol.
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Immortal Technique was featured on several movie soundtracks and video game soundtracks, all the while touring relentlessly.
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In October 2011, Immortal Technique released The Martyr, a free compilation album of previously unreleased material and new tracks.
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Immortal Technique mentioned that he was in the process of creating a new album, but had faced setbacks because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Immortal Technique created a writing grant program for high-school students as well.
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In June 2008, Immortal Technique partnered with Omeid International, a non-profit human rights organization, and dubbed the work as "The Green Light Project".
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Immortal Technique featured in Ice-T's documentary Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap.
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Immortal Technique appeared as himself in a docudrama film entitled This Revolution, which was recorded during the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York.