Immortal Technique

Immortal Technique (born Felipe Coronel) is an activist and political rapper. In many of his songs, he references the strife of poverty in the slums of America and he points blame at politicians to the point of conspiracy theory. He

Immortal Technique (born Felipe Coronel) is an activist and political rapper. In many of his songs, he references the strife of poverty in the slums of America and he points blame at politicians to the point of conspiracy theory. He has also expressed unwavering support for Mumia Abu-Jamal and has received support from Mr. Jamal in return. His politically based rhymes deal with the wrongdoings of the government, the media, religion, and law enforcement. Among many controversial subjects, he raps about Project MKULTRA, the death of Amadou Bailo Diallo, and the corporate media bias of outlets like FOX News, to give only a few examples. Although he has been offered a deal with at least one major label, he has yet to sign with any, because of the controls they have demanded over the subjects that can be mentioned on his albums.

Born in a military hospital in South America, Immortal Technique was brought to Harlem in the early 1980's while a civil war was breaking out in his native Peru. He attended Hunter College High School, where he was widely known as a trouble maker, fighting, bullying and never being around. He enrolled at Penn State and majored in film. After facing several charges of aggravated assault in the New York tri-state area, he was given a 1-2 year sentence in the mountains, 6 hours away from the city. He was paroled in 1999. His brutally disrespectful style was trademark, and he won several battles, including Rocksteady Anniversary, Braggin' Rites, SLAM DVD's and hookt.com. His album Revolutionary Vol. 1, has to date sold more than 12,000 copies. This earned him Unsigned Hype in The Source and numerous articles in Elemental and Mass Appeal. He was featured in XXL, The Washington Post, and was titled with the Hip Hop quotable in The Source for his sophomore independent release Revolutionary Vol. 2. On Viper Records, where he is the Executive VP, he sold 65,000 copies of Revolutionary Vol. 2 to date and has appeared on soundtracks for new movies including the new Mario Van Peebles film Baadasssss! (with the song "Caught In A Hustle"). Immortal Technique has also worked with Mumia Abu Jamal and AWOL magazine. He is often joined by MC Akir, his first signing as an A&R for Viper Records.