Tech N9ne is giving thanks for his mother and how she, a Christian, impacted his wild, horror-like persona.
Tech N9ne is known for one of the most striking visual identities in Hip-Hop, but according to the Kansas City legend, every mask, clown face, and pair of hospital scrubs traces back to one person: his late mother, Maude “Marty” Sue Yates Khalifa. On this holiday, we reminisce on our conversation with the legend and his love for his mother.
In an interview with AllHipHop, Tech revealed that the dark, theatrical imagery that has followed him throughout his decades-long career wasn’t inspired by comics or horror. Nope, it was born from the hospitals, psychiatric wards and haunted houses he navigated as a child while watching his mother battle lifelong illness…