Tech made his next leap of faith, signing with Quincy Jones' Qwest Records, a label that would follow the same path as Perspective. contact at Rappages Magazine turned him on to the son of the famed producer Quincy Jones.

He started experimenting even further, rhyming backwards and putting out independent singles with dope dealing money, anything to stay in the game.Īn L.A. During this time, he hooked up with an old homeboy, a producer named Don Juan, Anghellic' s other wiz kid. This was short-lived, however, and the group was released before disbanding.

He then joined the group Nnutthowze alongside IcyRoc Kravyn and B'zle, and the group inked a deal with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis's label, Perspective Records, in 1993. He later adjusted this name to refer also to the number of completion in numerology, stating the name also means 'the complete technique of rhyme', or technique number nine. In his early days, Tech rapped as a member of the group Black Mafia, which formed in 1991, and fellow group member Black Walt provided him with his rap name, named after the Tec-9 semiautomatic handgun due to his high-speed rhyme style. This diverse background colored Tech's own eclectic style throughout his life, and he began to take music more seriously in high school, even skipping his own graduation to open a show for hip hop artists EPMD and Kwamé. He recalls being brought up on the rock and blues music of his uncles as well as the country and gospel music that his mother favored, being exposed to a broad range of artists from Elton John to Led Zeppelin and more. The son of Maudie Sue Yates-Kalifa, who gave birth to Aaron when she was 16 years old, Tech N9ne grew up surrounded by music, and took up rapping at an early age. Tech N9ne was born Aaron Dontez Yates on November 8, 1971, in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

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