The divorce was finalized in November of 2017, 12 years after they were initially separated.There is no denying that rap music in 2011 can be described as eclectic, thoughtful, raw, braggadocious, and high-spirited.

He attended Southwest High School in Kansas City. He would explore abandoned buildings with his best friend, hoping to catch a ghost on film. He never met his father, and his mother suffered from epilepsy and lupus when he was a child, which emotionally affected him and inspired him to 'search for God'.

He began rapping at a very early age, and would rap the letters of his name in order to remember how to spell it. Yates was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. Yates later applied a deeper meaning to the name, claiming that it stands for the complete technique of rhyme, with 'tech' meaning technique and 'nine' representing the number of completion. His stage name originated from the TEC-9 semi-automatic handgun, a name given to him by rapper Black Walt due to his fast-rhyming Chopper style. In 2009, he won the Left Field Woodie award at the mtvU Woodie Awards. He has sold over two million albums and has had his music featured in film, television, and video games. In 1999, he and business partner Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. AAaron Dontez Yates (born November 8, 1971), better known as Tech N9ne (pronounced 'Tech Nine'), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur.

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