In 2009, he won the Left Field Woodie award at the mtvU Woodie Awards. He has sold over 2.2 million albums and has had his music featured in film, television, and video games. In 2010, it was confirmed that his record label, Strange Music, is worth about $68 million (album sales, tours, merchandise, etc.) He has sold over 2 million copies independently. Tech N9ne is the most successful independent rapper of all time.

In 2006, he independently released his album Everready (The Religion), and though his album just prior– Absolute Power– is his highest selling album to date ( 358,000 copies sold), Everready is considered by many to still be his best work.

Strange Music currently has 12 artists on its roster. In 2000, Tech N9ne, along with Travis O'Guin, founded Strange Music, Inc, the independent record label currently owned by Tech and co-owned by O'Guin. He has been rapping since 1985 and during the ’90s, he was in the hip-hop group Nnutthowze. Across tracks like “Godspeed” and “The Needle”, it is obvious that Tech N9ne – and his Strange crew – have come a “Long Way” indeed.Aaron Dontez Yates (born November 8, 1971), better known by his stage name Tech N9ne, is a chopper-style rapper from Kansas City, Missouri. The project holds features galore, from Marsha Ambrosius to Gary Clark Jr., from Boyz II Men to Problem, from The Popper to Jonathan Davis from the band Korn, as well as Tech’s usual Strange Music roster, including Stevie Stone, JL, Darrein Safron, Big Scoob, and Krizz Kaliko. Zone” is a throwback to the days of lore, where Tech brings his standard real music over more street-sounding beats. “Clown Town” is a result of the decrepit and dilapidated state of Tech N9ne’s darkest memories. “Kingdom” brings out Tech’s royal side, showing off his braggadocios and narcissistic side. The album’s 17 tracks (20 on the deluxe) are categorized into three areas. Tech brings all of his career’s defining points and embodies them across the track-list. The album title plays directly off the name of his debut studio album, The Calm Before The Storm, which was released in November of 1999. Tech N9ne’s seventh studio album, The Storm, was the most ambitious of Tech’s albums up to the point of its release.

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