Aaron Dontez Yates, better known by his stage name Tech N9ne, is an American rapper and singer. In 1999, he and business partner Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. He has sold over two million albums and has had his music featured in film, television, and video games. In 2009, he won the Left Field Woodie award at the mtvU Woodie Awards.
Tech N9ne performing in 2018
Tech N9ne in 2006
Tech N9ne performs at The Blue Note in Columbia, Missouri, in 2013.
O'Shea Jackson Sr., better known as Ice Cube, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and film producer. His lyrics on N.W.A's 1988 album Straight Outta Compton contributed to gangsta rap's widespread popularity, and his political rap solo albums AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990), Death Certificate (1991), and The Predator (1992) were all critically and commercially successful. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of N.W.A in 2016.
Ice Cube in 2014
Ice Cube as a high school senior in 1987
Poster for one of N.W.A's first concerts at a Compton skating rink, 1988
A ticket from a 1993 Ice Cube concert in Omaha, Nebraska