Published video “HOLY F☆(《!|\| S#!+ 🤯AN ANGHELLIC GAME? My team is THE S#!+ 😃🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 @StrangeMusicInc”.
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Tech N9ne
Aaron Dontez Yates, better known by his stage name Tech N9ne, is an American rapper, songwriter, 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. In 2009, he won the Left Field Woodie Award broadcast on mtvU.
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business · American rapper (born 1971) · rapper · singer · songwriter · actor · entrepreneur · record producer · film actor · also Tech N9ne, Aaron Yates, Tech Nine, Aaron Dontez Yates, N9ne
Born 8 November 1971 · Q359303
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2026· 9 entries
Published video “OUT NOW 😁”.
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Published video “What an exciting and magical time! AGAIN! 😁”.
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Published video “June 2, 2026”.
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Published video “June 1, 2026”.
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Published video “May 29, 2026”.
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Published video “Meet & greet playlist vibes”.
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Published video “Been answering your questions and now I’m ready to hear some really random ones HA HA HA”.
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Published video “QUESTIONS! with Tech N9ne! Whaddya wanna know!?”.
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2025· 5 entries
Published video “YODA OUT NOW 😁”.
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Released album “5816 Forest”.
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Yates has a total of 6 children, 5 of whom (Donnie, Aliya, Reign, Alyi and Alina) provided the skits for his 2025 album '5816 Forest.
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Yates was announced as one of the remixers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup theme representing Kansas City
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Yates was announced as one of the remixers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup theme, representing Kansas City
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2024· 4 entries
Married his longtime girlfriend Kristen, with whom he has two daughters, as seen from their social media accounts
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Released album “Collabos: COSM”.
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Yates released a music collaboration album COSM
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Yates was unveiled as featured artist on the Falling in Reverse track “Ronald” from their 2024 album Popular Monster
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2023· 3 entries
Released album “NNUTTHOWZE - Siqnaling the Siqly”.
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After being delayed from a July 14 release
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Released album “BLISS”.
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2022· 1 entry
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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2021· 5 entries
Tech N9ne released an album titled "Asin9ne"
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Released album “ASIN9NE”.
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Awarded Kansas Music Hall of Fame (2021).
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Released album “BLIGHT”.
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Released ep “Insane (Remixes)”.
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2020· 6 entries
Tech N9ne released a new project titled Fear Exodus
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Released ep “FEAR EXODUS”.
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Released ep “MORE FEAR”.
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Was featured on "CMFT Must Be Stopped", a single by Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor
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Released album “ENTERFEAR”.
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Released ep “ENTERFEAR Level 2”.
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2019· 4 entries
Released ep “ENTERFEAR Level 1”.
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Tech N9ne released N9na, making this his 21st studio album
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Released album “N9NA”.
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Released ep “N9NA Collection 2”.
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2018· 3 entries
Released ep “N9NA Collection 1”.
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Tech N9ne released Planet, making this his 20th studio album
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Released album “Planet”.
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2017· 4 entries
Released album “Collabos: Strange Reign”.
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Marking it the second album release that year
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Tech earned his first platinum record in 18 years for "Caribou Lou"
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Released album “Collabos: Dominion”.
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2016· 2 entries
Released album “The Storm”.
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Tech released a remix of Marilyn Manson's song "The Beautiful People" for Dr
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2015· 8 entries
Tech released "Shine", a song for the Jaco Pastorius documentary, Jaco
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Released album “Collabos: Strangeulation Vol. II”.
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Tech N9ne released Strangeulation Vol
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Tech N9ne released Special Effects to critical and commercial acclaim
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Released album “Special Effects”.
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As a single supporting his then-upcoming album, Special Effects, which was released on May 4 of the same year
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And it was finalized in November 2017, 12 years after they were initially separated
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Yates filed for a divorce in 2015 and it was finalized in November 2017, 12 years after they were initially separated.
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2014· 4 entries
Tech N9ne appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Released album “Collabos: Strangeulation”.
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And the tour ran from April 9 until June 28, wrapping up in Kansas City
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Yates released Strangeulation, the fifth album in his Collabos series and fourteenth album overall
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2013· 3 entries
Released ep “Therapy”.
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Released album “Something Else”.
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Tech N9ne's song "Demons" appeared in the pilot episode of Ironside
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2012· 5 entries
Released ep “Boiling Point (K.O.D. Collection)”.
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Released ep “E.B.A.H.”.
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Released ep “Klusterfuk EP”.
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Released ep “E.B.A.H. & Boiling Point”.
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Tech N9ne appeared on the MTV game show Hip Hop Squares for three episodes
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2011· 4 entries
Released album “Collabos: Welcome to Strangeland”.
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Released album “All 6’s and 7’s”.
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Released album “Bad Season”.
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Released album “Madness Unleashed”.
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2010· 4 entries
Released ep “Seepage EP”.
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Released album “Collabos: The Gates Mixed Plate”.
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Released ep “The Lost Scripts of K.O.D.”.
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Released album “Strange Days Tour: A Decade Of Excellence (Tour CD)”.
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2009· 6 entries
Released album “Tech N9ne: The Box Set”.
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Released album “K.O.D.”.
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Released album “Collabos: Sickology 101”.
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His song "Let's Go" was used in an online promotional short film for AXE body spray
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Won the Left Field Woodie Award broadcast on mtvU
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Yates and label mate Krizz Kaliko appeared in a promotional video for the Fight Night Round 4 video game
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2008· 2 entries
Released album “Killer”.
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His song "Earthquake" was featured on an episode of MTV's America's Best Dance Crew in which the crew had to visually convey the title of the song in their performance
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2007· 1 entry
Released album “Collabos: Misery Loves Kompany”.
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2006· 2 entries
Released album “Everready: The Religion”.
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Yates released the album Everready (The Religion)
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2005· 1 entry
Released album “Vintage Tech”.
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2002· 2 entries
Released album “Absolute Power”.
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Released album “Celcius”.
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2001· 3 entries
Released album “Anghellic”.
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Released ep “AngHellic”.
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Yates released the studio album Anghellic on JCOR Records
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2000· 1 entry
Released album “The Worst”.
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1999· 3 entries
Released album “The Calm Before the Storm, Part I”.
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And business partner Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music
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Which also featured artists RZA, Eminem, Xzibit, Pharoahe Monch, Jayo Felony, Chino XL, KRS-One, and Kool G
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1997· 1 entry
Yates joined the group the Regime, which was formed by rapper Yukmouth
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1995· 1 entry
Yates was married in 1995, but separated in 2005.
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1971· 1 entry
Born 1971-11-08.
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