Aaron Dontez Yates was born November 8th, 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri. At a young age Aaron would use raps to learn to spell his name and practice math. In 1988, Aaron adopted the name Tech N9ne. In 1996 he signed to Qwest Records and in 1999 he was released from the label. Two albums were released with Qwest. In 2001, Tech signed with JCOR and premiered his own label, Strange Music Inc. He released 1 album with JCOR before deeming that he and his label weren't being honest with themselves. In 2002 Tech and Strange Music teamed with MSC Entertainment. He released 1 album with them. Tech N9ne has 17 albums (so far) with the most recent having been released 9/9/2016