1. Tech N9ne has sold over two million albums and his music has been featured in film, television, and interactive media.
24 Facts About Tech N9ne
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Tech N9ne began rapping at a very early age, and would rap the letters of his name in order to remember how to spell it.
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Tech N9ne's father Carlton Cook was estranged from the family and his mother suffered from epilepsy and lupus when he was a child, which emotionally affected him and inspired him to "search for God".
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Tech N9ne would explore abandoned buildings with his best friend, hoping to catch a ghost on film.
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Tech N9ne is featured on Lil Wayne's ninth studio album Tha Carter IV on the song "Interlude".
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Tech N9ne was featured on the song "Edge of Destruction" that appears on Machine Gun Kelly's first studio album "Lace Up".
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Tech N9ne announced his thirteenth studio album would be titled Something Else and would be released on June 25,2013.
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Tech N9ne announced a new "Independent Grind" tour in January 2014, which included Freddie Gibbs, Krizz Kaliko, and Jarren Benton.
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On May 4,2015, Tech N9ne released Special Effects to critical and commercial acclaim.
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Tech N9ne is joined on tour by Murs, Chris Webby, Krizz Kaliko, Zuse, and King 810.
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On January 11,2016, Tech N9ne released a remix of Marilyn Manson's song "The Beautiful People" for Dr Dre's The Pharmacy on Beats 1 radio.
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In spring 2016, Tech N9ne went on tour with fellow Strange members for another Independent Powerhouse Tour.
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In December 2016, Tech N9ne released his 17th album, The Storm, the followup to his 1999 debut album The Calm Before The Storm.
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In January 2017, Tech N9ne announced his seventh Collabos album titled Dominion, released April 7, and stated plans to release a second album in his Collabos series the same year.
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On June 20,2017, Tech N9ne earned his first platinum record in 18 years for "Caribou Lou".
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Tech N9ne released the eighth Collabos album, Strange Reign, on October 13,2017, marking it the second album release that year.
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On March 2,2018, Tech N9ne released Planet, making this his 20th studio album.
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On October 23,2020, Tech N9ne released a new project titled Fear Exodus.
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On October 8,2021, Tech N9ne released an album titled "Asin9ne".
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On May 3,2022, at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Tech N9ne announced his then-upcoming album Bliss, performing a song off the album titled "They Know Meh" featuring fellow Kansas City-based rapper, The Popper.
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Tech N9ne has remarked generally that "I love beautiful music, beautiful music no matter what type".
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Tech N9ne has worked with rock and metal musicians such as Serj Tankian of System of a Down, Corey Taylor of Slipknot, Chino Moreno and Stephen Carpenter of Deftones, Jonathan Davis of Korn, Five Finger Death Punch, and Falling in Reverse.
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On November 25,2015, Tech N9ne released "Shine", a song for the Jaco Pastorius documentary, Jaco.
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In 2012, Tech N9ne appeared on the MTV game show Hip Hop Squares for three episodes.