Felipe Andres Coronel (born February 19, 1978),better known by the stage name Immortal Technique is American rapper and plitical activist.He was born in Lima, Peru and raised in Harlem, New York. Most of his lyrics focus politics issues . The views expressed in his lyrics are largely mixture of commentary on issues such as class struggle, Marxism, poverty, religion, government, imperialism and racism.
He has been a offered a deal with least one major record label ,but he has never signed to any. Immortal Technique has voiced a desire 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. He claimed in an interview to have sold close to a combined total of 200,000 copies of his three official releases.
Coronel is African Peruvian and was born in 1978 in a military hospital in Lima. His family emigrated in 1980 to Harlem to escape the ongoing internal conflict in Peru.During his teenage years he was arrested multiple times due in part to what he has said was "selfish and childish" behavior. He attended Hunter College High School on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. 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. After being paroled,he began to emerge as a notable figure in New York's underground Hip Hop scene following his success in rap battles, In November 2002, he was listed by The Source in its "Unsigned Hype" column, highlighting artists that are not signed to a record label.The following year, in September 2003, he received the coveted "Hip Hop Quotable" in The Source for a song entitled "Industrial Revolution" from his second album. Immortal Technique is the only rapper in history to have a "Hip Hop Quotable" while being unsigned.
The The 3rd World was released on June 24,2008.The Third world was given an Underground Gold Award selling over 54,000 copies.He was also featured on several movie soundtracks and video game soundtracks.
Immortal Technique has been heavily involved in visiting prisons to speak to youth and working with immigrant rights activists and raising tens of thousands of dollars for children’s hospitals overseas. He created a writing grant program for high school students as well.
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