Throughout 2021, he wrote and recorded ASIN9NE.

Not to mention, he introduced his own craft beer Bou Lou-in partnership with Kansas City’s own Boulevard Brewery. Mainstream went Tech when he ignited ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel LIVE! Meanwhile, Complex mused upon “How Kendrick Lamar Became a Star With Help From Tech N9ne.” He has sold out hundreds of shows as part of a relentless schedule. to Slipknot, System of a Down, Deftones, and Logic. His collaborators have ranged from Eminem, The Doors, Lil Wayne, Tupac, Boyz II Men, T.I., MGK, Flatbush Zombies, and Gary Clark, Jr. He has notched 23 entries on the Billboard Top albums Chart and remains the record holder for “most Top 10 albums on the rap chart.” Not to mention, he cracked the Top 5 of the Billboard Top 200 four times. Beyond tallying billions of streams and views, he has scored four platinum singles (“Am I A Psycho?”, “Worldwide Choppers”, “Hood Go Crazy”, and “Caribou Lou” ) and three gold singles (“Fragile”, “Dysfunctional,” and “The Beast”) as well as a gold album (Everready). The Kansas City, MO rapper has gone from packed Midwest underground shows to the annual Forbes “Cash Kings” list multiple times, the cover of XXL, the playlists of Sir Elton John and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and national commercials for the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. It’s crazier than ever, man.” The craziest thing is how far he’s come since co-founding Strange Music back in 2000.

It’s just stupid as fuck, as we used to say back in the day. “It’s asinine for Tech N9ne to be rapping like this going into his fiftieth birthday,” he laughs. There’s only one way to describe a rapper on the eve of his 50th birthday with a bigger audience than ever, wilder shows than ever, and crazier flows than ever-and it’s the title of his twenty-second fulllength album, ASIN9NE. He’s bucked every trend, overturned all expectations, and not only built a culture, but a whole damn world with Strange Music. He has consistently accomplished the impossible from outside of the system.

One of the most insane, influential, and impactful legacies in hip-hop belongs to Tech N9ne.

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