He attended Hunter College High School on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where his classmates included Chris Hayes and Lin-Manuel Miranda, whom he bullied, although the two later became friends. During his teenage years, he was arrested multiple times due in part to what he has said was "selfish and childish" behavior. His family immigrated to Harlem, New York, in 1980 to escape the Peruvian Civil War. He is of mostly Amerindian descent, and also has Spanish, French and African ancestry. Early lifeĬoronel was born in a military hospital in Lima.
He claimed in an interview to have sold close to a combined total of 200,000 copies of his first three official releases. Immortal Technique seeks to retain 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. Most of his lyrics focus on controversial issues in global politics, from a radical left-wing perspective. 2 too skeletal for their likes, however, will likely find its predecessor even tougher sledding however, the homemade-sounding production is perfectly suitable for the noncorporate sentiments of Immortal Technique's lyrics, and has a similar rough-edged charm.Felipe Andres Coronel (born February 19, 1978), better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is an American rapper.
Those who found the beats on Revolutionary, Vol. Immortal Technique works the same political side of the street as Dead Prez and the Coup, but much like Chuck D, the godfather of the political rap scene, the Peruvian-born rapper never lets his ideas get in the way of his flow, and manages to express complex and reasoned opinions, only occasionally devolving into simple sloganeering. 2 the following year, that it was reissued in 2004, sounding as up-to-date as ever. However, the album built enough underground buzz, helped by the more widely distributed Revolutionary, Vol. 1 missed MTV and Rap City entirely, surprise surprise. Originally self-released in 2002 in an edition of only 3,000 copies, the plain-spoken politics (the title of this album is not to be taken lightly) and bare-bones production of Revolutionary, Vol.
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