Shortly after enrolling in Pennsylvania State University, he was arrested and charged with assault-related offenses due to his involvement in an altercation between fellow students, the charges stemming from this incident led to him being incarcerated for a year. He attended Hunter College High School on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. During his teenage years he was arrested multiple times due in part to what he has said was “selfish and childish” behavior. His family emigrated in 1980 to Harlem to escape the ongoing internal conflict in Peru. He claimed in an interview to have sold close to 200,000 units of his three official releases.Ĭoronel is African-Peruvian and was born in 1978 in a military hospital in Lima. Immortal Technique has voiced a desire to keep control over his production, and has stated in his music that record companies, not artists themselves, profit the most from mass production and marketing of music. The views expressed in his lyrics are largely a mixture of socialist commentary on issues such as class hierarchy, poverty, religion, government and institutional racism.
Most of his lyrics focus on controversial issues in global politics. He was born in Lima, Peru and raised in Harlem, New York. Assuming he can avoid the wrath of the black helicopters, he could very well usher in a new movement of social justice in popular music.Felipe Andres Coronel (born February 19, 1978), better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is a Peruvian rapper, and an urban activist. With his high-quality songs, business-minded work ethic, and relentless performances, he is a much-needed element in the industry. While the mainstream rap market is all about glorifying corporate-sponsored thuggery, Immortal Technique, like Public Enemy and dead prez before him, is on the forefront of bringing intelligent, politically-charged hip-hop back to prominence.
The album moved even more units than his earlier efforts, won press from I>XXL and the Washington Post and further irked the police, who raided Tech's hotel room under false pretenses when he was touring in 2004. officials shot to death in the Oval Office. The album also featured Mumia Abdul Jamal and like-minded artists such as C-Rayz Walz, with provocative cover artwork that depicted many high-ranking U.S. 2 followed the next year, and found him sharpening his lyrical swords and continuing his attack on the injustices of American law enforcement, the military, covert ops, racist drug wars and President Bush. The CD sold thousands of copies and earned him "Unsigned Hype" status in The Source magazine in late 2002. 1, which balanced his hardcore mic skills with a heavy dose of well-informed anti-government sentiment. Soon he released his first independent album, Revolutionary Vol. He won many verbal showdowns, destroying lesser emcees at events like the Rocksteady Anniversary and Braggin Rites. Upon his release in 1999, Immortal Technique hit the streets hard, staying out of trouble but developing a strong reputation as one of the city's premier battle rappers. While serving a short bid, he honed his rhyme skills, penning many songs when he wasn't battling opponents in the yard. Like many men uptown, he got into his fair share of street drama, resulting in multiple arrests and eventually landing him in prison on aggravated assault charges.
Born in a South American military hospital, his family relocated to Harlem when he was a youngster and he grew up as a child of hip-hop, doing grafitti and rapping at a young age. A viciously lyrical emcee and budding producer based in New York City, Immortal Technique is arguably the most important political rapper in the game today.
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