Tech N9ne: It's been 15 years-plus since we started Strange Music, and just two and a half weeks ago, I finally got the snake and the bat on my whole stomach. So when I do these big festivals, like the one I did in Kansas City, my biggest show, for 55,000 people, it’s validation that I did the right thing back then when I started Strange Music.ĪllMusic: I was going to ask if you were still happy with the name 'Strange Music.' It sounds like you are. When I’m onstage at Rock on the Range and I see everybody gather to see my performance, I feel so wonderful that what I’ve built and this melting pot that we’ve planned, to have people from different walks of life enjoying this music, this hip-hop, this rock, this jazz, this blues, this R&B, everything that we do, people are coming for us far and wide. It’s validation that this rock and rap thing we’ve been doing since we started it is now getting bigger and bigger now, because some of the biggest names in rock have been working with me, after all these years, and the biggest names in rap, as well. I’m a big Doors fan: Strange Days, “ People Are Strange.” I named my label Strange Music because I’m such a humongous Doors fan. Tech N9ne: It’s validation that what I started almost 16 years ago with Strange Music. In the midst of all the madness, we talked to Tech N9ne about his crazy year, the collaborators he hasn't managed to get on board yet, and his classic rock fixation.ĪllMusic: This summer you played a bunch of festivals with a wide variety of acts. and 2 Chainz, was a hit, and he corralled big names like T.I., Eminem, Lil Wayne and Slipknot's Corey Taylor for guest spots.

His song 'Hood Go Crazy,' featuring B.o.B. He'll play a rock festival in the heartland alongside Judas Priest, Marilyn Manson and Linkin Park, has become a staple at the Gathering of the Juggalos, and has shared the stage with hip-hop royalty at Rock the Bells.Ģ015 has been a big year for Tech N9ne his new album, Special Effects, debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200, and took the top spot on the rap and independent charts. Whether as a face-painted icon of underground rap or as the fun-loving voice of this summer's hit 'Hood Go Crazy' or as a man who loves to sing classic rock at karaoke after a few drinks, Kansas City-based rapper Tech N9ne (born Aaron Yates) has made a career out of being unpredictable.

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