In 2004, Viper Records and, in 2005, Babygrande Records re-released Immortal Technique’s debut, Revolutionary Vol. He released his second album Revolutionary Vol. Immortal Technique is the only rapper in history to have a “Hip Hop Quotable” while being unsigned. 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. In November 2002, he was listed by The Source in its “Unsigned Hype” column, highlighting artists that are not signed to a record label. 1 contained the underground classic Dance With The Devil. 1 without the help of a record label or distribution, instead using money earned from his rap battle triumphs. In 2001, Immortal Technique released his first album Revolutionary Vol.
This, coupled with his victories in numerous freestyle rap competitions of the New York underground Hip Hop scene such as Rocksteady Anniversary and Braggin Rites, led to his reputation as a ferocious Battle MC. Honing his rapping skills in jail, and unable to find decent wage-paying employment after his release, he began selling his music on the streets of New York and battling with MCs. 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.Īfter being paroled, he took political science classes at Baruch College in New York City for two semesters at the behest of his father, who allowed Coronel to live with him on the condition that he goes to school. 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 to Harlem, New York in 1980. Immortal Technique is African Peruvian and 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 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. The views expressed in his lyrics are largely commentary on issues such as class struggle, socialism, poverty, religion, government, imperialism and institutional racism. Most of his lyrics focus on controversial issues in global politics. Felipe Andres Coronel (born February 19, 1978), better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is an American rapper and urban activist.
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