by Emma Willibey
The Dart outlines Kansas City rapper Aaron “Tech N9ne” Yates’ career. Yates founded hip-hop label Strange Music in 1999 with freshman Mackenzie O’Guin’s father.
Charts
8: Number of Strange’s 2013 debuts on Billboard’s Rap Albums
4: Number of Young Money’s 2013 debuts on Rap Albums (Young Money is rapper Lil Wayne’s label)
Sales
15,000: Number of records Tech N9ne had sold upon meeting O’Guin in 1999
2,000,000: Number of records Tech N9ne has sold as of 2013
Songs
2: Number of Tech N9ne song titles that reference Kansas City dining (“KC Tea,” “O.G.” for Gates Bar-B-Q president Ollie Gates)
1: Number of Tech N9ne songs that reference STA (2001’s “Here I Come”: “Diggin’ the private schoolers / St. Teresa’s, Bishop Hogan”)
Sources: Travis O’Guin, www.azlyrics.com, www.whosdatedwho.com
