His best-known singles are "Fragile" which was released in 2013 and features Kendrick Lamar, !Mayday!, & Kendall Morgan and "Hood Go Crazy" featuring B.o.B. II in 2015 all reached #1 on the US Indie chart. in 2009, The Gates Mixed People in 2010, All 6's and 7's in 2011, Strangeulation in 2014, Special Effects in 2015, and Strangeulation Vol. Tech N9ne's albums Everready (The Religion) in 2006 and Misery Loves Kompany in 2007 reached #2 and #3 on the same chart respectively. The album Absolute Power was released in 2002 and reached #3 on the US Indie chart. After disputes arose around the promotion of the album, he severed ties with JCOR and they were allowed to retain rights to the album. Yates found some underground success later that year when he released the album "Anghellic" for JCOR Records. He then released the album "The Worst" in 2001. His debut studio album The Calm Before The Storm was released in 1999. He co-founded the record label Strange Music in 1999. He was featured by artists Eminem, RZA, and Xzibit. He joined the group The Regime in 1997, which was formed by rapper Yukmouth, and in 1998 was featured on the soundtrack for Gang Related. He also was a part of groups 57th Street Rogue Dog Villains and Nnutthowze. In 1991 he was part of the group called Black Mafia. He graduated from Southwest High School in Kansas City.
Yates would often spend his time exploring abandoned buildings with his friends, hoping to catch a ghost on film. This affected him emotionally and inspired him to "search for God," in his own words. His father Carlton Cook was estranged from the family and his mother suffered from epilepsy and lupus while Yates was growing up. He was raised in Kansas City and began rapping before he could even read or spell. Tech N9ne was born Aaron Dontez Yates in Kansas City, Missouri on November 8, 1971. During that time period alone he earned $30 million. Between 20 Tech earned enough money to be one of the 10 highest-paid rappers on the planet.
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