I flew home yesterday and went straight into the studio to finish my new album coming out July 27 called "The Ollie Gate's Mixed Plate." Our last show was in Grand Junction, Colo. Then to California for the Paid Dues Festival. Soon as we left Canada, we went into Washington and did Olympia. I just got off the plane yesterday at 11 in the morning. So you're looking forward to the homecoming at your home away from home? I think it might be the college or something. Tech N9ne: Yeah, there's a lot more women in Lawrence (laughs). : Do you notice any difference between playing in Kansas City versus playing in Lawrence? Fresh off a sold-out tour of Canada, Tech N9ne, 38, now returns to his own backyard of Lawrence. His music defies traditional hip-hop pigeonholing, veering wildly from boisterous odes to mixed drinks ("Caribou Lou") to grim crises of faith in the face of family illness ("Show Me A God"). Tech has built a mini-empire through his own label, Strange Music, and has fostered a rabid following through incessant touring. Not surprising he's often labeled "the most successful independent rapper in history." He's done all of this, mind you, without the backing of a major label and without much mainstream recognition. The flamboyant Kansas City hip-hop impresario (born Aaron Yates) has reportedly sold nearly 1.5 million albums, plays hundreds of shows every year, and is already polishing off a new studio record before his last one, "K.O.D.," is even seven months old. Tech N9ne, while periodically accused of devil worship, will never be accused of lollygagging.
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