Tech N9ne

Aaron Dontez Yates (born: ), better known professionally as Tech N9ne, is an American rapper known for his music.
==Early life==
Yates was born on November 8, 1971, and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. At a young age, he began rapping, and would rap the letters in his name to remember how to spell it. He explored abandoned buildings with one of his friends, hoping to catch a ghost on film.
==Career==
Yates was a member of 1991 group Black Mafia. From some singles, he would find some success. Yates signed with Perspective Records in 1993, then signed to some other record labels. As years progressed, he had released successful albums and singles, and had gotten much popularity. In 2021, he would release one of his most popular singles, titled "Face Off", which featured Joey Cool, King Iso, and Dwayne Johnson. The single was popular mostly because of Johnson's verse, which became a meme.
==Channel==
Yates created his channel on January 29, 2019, but uploaded his first video on October 5, 2009. His videos feature singles and albums he had made, along with audios.
==Discography==
===Studio albums===
====Tech N9ne====
Title 	Cover	Release Date 	Label
The Calm Before the Storm	 	November 9, 1999 	Midwestside Records
The Worst 	 	September 12, 2000 	Midwestside Records
Anghellic 	 	August 28, 2001 (Original)2003 (Re-release)	JCOR Entertainment (Original)Strange Music • MSC Entertainment (Re-release)
Absolute Power 	 	September 24, 2002 	Strange Music • MSC Entertainment
Everready 	 	November 7, 2006 	Strange Music
Killer 	 	July 1, 2008 	Strange Music
K.O.D. 	 	October 26, 2009 	Strange Music
All 6's and 7's 	 	June 7, 2011 	Strange Music
Something Else 	 	July 39, 2013 	Strange Music
Special Effects 	 	May 4, 2015 	Strange Music
The Storm 	 	December 9, 2016 	Strange Music
Planet 	 	March 2, 2018 	Strange Music
N9NA 	 	April 19, 2019 	Strange Music
ENTERFEAR 	 	April 17, 2020 	Strange Music
ASIN9NE 	 	October 8, 2021 	Strange Music
BLISS 	 	July 14, 2023 	Strange Music
====Tech N9ne Collabos====
Title 	Release Date 	Label
Misery Loves Kompany 	July 17, 2007 	Strange Music
Sickology 101 	April 28, 2009 	Strange Music
The Gates Mixed Plate 	July 27, 2010 	Strange Music
Welcome to Strangeland	November 8, 2011 	Strange Music
Strangeulation 	May 6, 2014 	Strange Music
Strangeulation Vol. II	November 20, 2015	Strange Music
Dominion 	April 7, 2017 	Strange Music
Strange Reign 	October 13, 2017 	Strange Music
===Compilation albums===
Title 	Release Date 	Label
Celcius 	September 2002 	Midwestside Records
Vintage Tech 	March 22, 2005 	Strange Music • MSC Entertainment
Tech N9ne: The Box Set	October 13, 2009	Strange Music
===Mixtapes===
Title 	Release Date 	Label
Bad Season	December 23, 2010	Strange Music
===Extended plays===
*The Lost Scripts of K.O.D. (released: March 30, 2010, via Strange Music)
*Seepage (released: October 25, 2010, via Strange Music)
*Klusterfuk (released: March 13, 2012, via Strange Music)
*E.B.A.H. (released: September 18, 2012, via Strange Music)
*Boiling Point (released: October 30, 2012, via Strange Music)
*Therapy (released: November 5, 2013, via Strange Music)
*ENTERFEAR Level 1 (released: November 22, 2019, via Strange Music)
*ENTERFEAR Level 2 (released: January 17, 2020, via Strange Music)
*MORE FEAR (released: August 14, 2020, via Strange Music)
*FEAR EXODUS (released: October 23, 2020, via Strange Music)
*Blight (with Hu$h) (released: June 4, 2021, via Strange Music)
*Siqnaling the Siqly (with Nnutthowze) (released: October 31, 2023, via Strange Music)
==Trivia==
*His song "Stamina" appears on both and .https://open.spotify.com/album/6ISQOaLcZlnRCIrWauBod8https://open.spotify.com/album/7ufkZXPrbb7sA1BfziOPJx
*Yates is known for making his songs transition into other songs. This was done with albums such as , , , , , , , , , , , and more.https://open.spotify.com/album/4x1bVxjnWtyPIqI52Hbwdchttps://open.spotify.com/album/5XFTpVdocHHBMW3p2jRH3ohttps://open.spotify.com/album/7eUmMXeZLYIn4IKpyko33whttps://open.spotify.com/album/71c3dqHGWlqiMZ7tW6K2yUhttps://open.spotify.com/album/6FirYoeExE1AdoBWs3Ut19https://open.spotify.com/album/0gtroJqtkBhqDPb6cQTOhJhttps://open.spotify.com/album/6iXChYKI6j7XXeLnoDBa6ohttps://open.spotify.com/album/0V2ApMkgurWGcF0sc0u17whttps://open.spotify.com/album/63uxYglJtSneGlHf5MKWfl
==References==
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