Tech N9ne Talks Social Media Inspiration, "Getting Big" And World Series Fame

Tech N9ne has been grinding in the independent rap game since establishing himself as one of the midwest's brightest stars in the early 2000s. He hasn't exactly become a household name, but he's getting there. And that apparently has irked some of his fanbase.

"I look at YouTube comments, I look at Instagram comments, Twitter comments," Tech recently told City Pages. "I have a song on my new album 'Dyin' Flyin',' it's about my fans. Some of my fans don't want me to get as big as I'm getting. They don't want to see me on Jimmy Kimmel or hear "Fragile" on the radio, which I have no idea why."

One "supporter" in particular inspired the cut.

"I wrote this song off of a fan on Instagram who said 'ever since 2010 he hasn't been doing any good music,' Tech said. "I wrote this song about how I'm flying high as hell, but I'm dying at the same time because some people don't want me to get as big as I'm getting. Because of that guy, one of the lines in the second verse is 'how the hell are you saying that all the records I'm playin' since 2010, I'm not obeying the Strange Law, remain raw.' If he hadn't said that, I wouldn't have written it. I'm always in tune with the fans and always inspired by the fans. Whoever said that is gonna know, 'Wow, he's talking to me.'"

Another favorite thing of Tech's, baseball, was the next topic of conversation. His favorite baseball team, the Kansas City Royals, finally made the playoffs this season for the first time since 1985. When they made the World Series in October, Tech had amazing seats behind home plate.

"Such a beautiful experience," he said. "I had no idea that the whole world would see me. As soon as we sat down, I got a call from Lil Wayne. He said, 'I see you n----.' I said 'What? You see me?' 'I see you on TV.' After that, everybody was hitting me up. So because of that, while I was on tour a couple games after that, I hit Wayne and said, 'Do you want my seat for tomorrow's game?' He did, but couldn't make it, so we gave it to E-40."

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