Aaron Dontez Yates, better known as Tech N9ne, is a Kansas City native, rapper, and record label co-founder. He’s taken the hip hop world by storm for decades and has written anthem after anthem for Kansas City.

The rap legend has dropped more than twenty albums, three of which have gone gold, collaborated with greats from The Doors, to Kendrick Lamar, to Gary Clarke Jr., and holds the record for most top 10 albums on the rap chart - all as an independent artist.

Tech talks about how music has carried him since writing his first rap in 7th grade, which he so kindly performs, how he got his name and what it means to him today, and how his upbringing kept him grounded throughout his journey. We cover everything from ghost hunting, to fatherhood, to sobriety, giving back to the community that formed him, and why he’ll always feel “there’s no place like home.”

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