Tech N9ne

Tech N9ne is no stranger to genre-bending or dark imagery, so something like the lyric video for 'I.L.L.'-- a cut off his 'Therapy' EP -- shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. The Boombox and Loudwire deliver the exclusive mesmerizing visual.

Who's the greatest indie rapper? According to fans and voters it's none other than Kansas City's Tech N9ne. After weeks of voting in a bracket competition that included 32 of indie rap and underground hip-hop's best and brightest Tech N9ne has emerged victorious -- and decisively so...

So it all comes down to this, the final round of our Underground Kings voted bracket competition. We started with 32 of the dopest and most renowned indie rap acts from coast to coast; the contenders were legends who'd been doing this for decades and new jacks who redefined what it meant to be a rap star in the 21st century. Now after weeks of head-to-head battles we've arrived at the final faceof

We're down to the final four competitors in our Underground Kings bracket competition. In the O.G.s division it's Tech vs. Tech as juggernaut Tech N9ne is matched up against raptivist Immortal Technique. So far Tech N9ne has steamrolled over his opponents winning by large margins but Immortal Technique's fans have proven quite formidable as he's edged out underground stalwarts like Aesop Rock and

Last month, Kansas City MC Tech N9ne took his Something Else tour to Atlanta’s Masquerade concert venue to perform his catalog of songs before a throng of anticipating fans. His warm tone and calm demeanor before the show was a much-needed moment of peace and reflection -- something his fan base rarely sees.

On Sat. evening (Nov. 2), Lecrae stood on the porch of a house in East Atlanta overlooking a lawn scattered with red cups usually reserved for alcoholic beverages. This is a scene from the video for his lead single ‘I’m Turnt,’ off his new project, ‘Church Clothes, Vol. 2.' It’s an unlikely scenario for an artist whose albums are filed neatly away under the Christian rap category.

Hip-hop wouldn't be what it is today without these artists who've been holding it down independently for years. Every one a trailblazer in their own right, these O.G.s showed the new generation how to be creatively free and how to make nice living at it...

You already knew that dead prez weren't fans of the educational system and that Kanye doesn't have much school spirit either. Now we get Tech N9ne weighing in on 'Public School' with his new song. The message is clear in this metal-infused new banger: teachers should teach things worth learning and wood shop is for suckers.

While some fans were first exposed to Tech N9ne via his scene-stealing guest verse on Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter IV,’ we know that the Strange Music boss has been killing it with high caliber verses for two decades now. As an independent artist, he showed others how to cultivate a rabid following and make rapping lucrative without relying on the majors for marketing or promotion --- selling over 2 mi

Tech N9ne drops an eerie video for his song 'Straight Out The Gate' and it's crazy. Featuring Serj Tankian of System Of A Down, the song/video is a creepy representation of Tech's teachings and trademark dark message.