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{{Short description|American rapper (born 1971)}} {{about|the rapper|the semi-automatic firearm|TEC-9}} {{protection padlock|small=yes}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Tech N9ne | image = Tech N9ne Interview 2025.png | caption = Tech N9ne in 2025 | birth_name = Aaron Dontez Yates | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|11|8}} | birth_place = [[Kansas City, Missouri]], U.S. | genre = {{flatlist| * [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] * [[rap rock]] * [[hardcore hip hop]] * [[horrorcore]] * [[Chopper (rap)|chopper]] }} | occupations = {{flatlist| * Rapper * singer * songwriter * actor }} | years_active = 1991โpresent | label = {{flatlist| * [[Strange Music|Strange]] * [[RBC Records|RBC]] * [[Jay Faires|JCOR]] * [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] * [[Qwest Records|Qwest]] * Perspective * A&M * [[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rapradar.com/2013/07/30/the-breakfast-club-interviews-tech-n9ne/ |title=The Breakfast Club Interviews Tech N9ne |publisher=Rap Radar |date=July 30, 2013 |access-date=May 10, 2014}}</ref> }} | past_member_of = [[The Regime (group)|The Regime]] {{Infobox | child = yes | label1 = Producer(s) | data1 = [[Seven (record producer)|Seven]] }} | module = {{Infobox person|embed=yes | signature = Tech N9ne sig.svg }} }} '''Aaron Dontez Yates''' (born November 8, 1971),<ref name="allmusicbio">{{cite web|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|title=Tech N9ne โ Biography |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=tech-n9ne-p392884/biography|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|year=2006|access-date=October 28, 2010}}</ref> better known by his stage name '''Tech N9ne''' (pronounced "tech nine"), is an American rapper and singer. In 1999, he and business partner Travis O'Guin founded the record label [[Strange Music]]. He has sold over two million albums and his music has been featured in film, television, and interactive media.<ref name="BallerStatus-090208">{{cite web |url=http://www.ballerstatus.com/2008/09/02/tech-n9ne-reaches-million-sales-milestone-recalls-ups-downs-of-career/ |title=Tech N9ne Reaches Million Sales Milestone, Recalls Ups & Downs Of Career |access-date=September 30, 2010 |last=Starbury |first=Allen |date=September 2, 2008 |publisher=Ballerstatus.com |archive-date=October 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022081611/http://www.ballerstatus.com/2008/09/02/tech-n9ne-reaches-million-sales-milestone-recalls-ups-downs-of-career/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2009, he won the Left Field Woodie award at the [[mtvU]] Woodie Awards.<ref name="Woodie">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/woodieawards/2009/winners.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091122075130/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/woodieawards/2009/winners.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 22, 2009 |title=2009 mtvU Woodie Awards Winners |publisher=MTV |access-date=October 28, 2010}}</ref> His stage name originated from the [[TEC-9]] [[semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic handgun]], a name given to him by rapper Black Walt due to his fast-rhyming [[Chopper (rap)|chopper]] style.<ref name="t9x">{{Cite video |people=Steve Reissner (Director), Soren Baker (Writer) |date=July 27, 2004 |title=T9X: The Tech N9ne Experience |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0447703/ |medium=Documentary |publisher=Strange Music/MSC Entertainment }}</ref> 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 completion.<ref name="t9x" /><ref name="NameMeaning">{{cite web |url=http://www.examiner.net/lifestyle/entertainment/x1346877300/Tech-N9ne-wont-play-the-pay-to-play-game |title=Tech N9ne won't play the 'pay to play' game |first=Alex |last=Robichaud |date=July 3, 2008 |publisher=GateHouse Media, Inc. |access-date=October 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312101143/http://www.examiner.net/lifestyle/entertainment/x1346877300/Tech-N9ne-wont-play-the-pay-to-play-game |archive-date=March 12, 2010 }}</ref>
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