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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