Born in Lima, Peru before moving to the cultural melting pot of Harlem at a young age, Felipe Coronel found himself repeatedly getting in trouble with the law for what he now describes as childish behavior. He studied Political Science for two semesters however, due to his patchy history with the law, struggled to find employment.
During his time in prison, Felipe began to develop his rapping and, having been left with little choice, turned to his Mcing talents as a source of income. He sold his music on the streets of New York whilst participating in various freestyle and battle rap events. The money from this went on to fund Immortal Technique’s debut album ‘Revolutionary Vol. 1’ which went on to sell 45000 copies without any label or distribution support.
From there his profile began to grow with an appearance on ‘106 & Park’s’ Freestyle Friday and a feature in The Source magazine’s independent column ‘Unsigned Hype’ (known for helping to break artists like Eminem over the years). He followed this up with the release of albums ‘Revolutionary vol. 2’ and ‘The 3rd World’ both of which were released on ‘Viper Records’, a small independent label which Immortal Tech has now taken control of.
Touring and video game appearances have helped to build up the rapper’s profile outside of New York and he is now an internationally renowned artist with his songs receiving millions of streams of services like Spotify.
Immortal Technique last night was absolutely mind blowing! Hands down the best concert I have ever been to. The DJs were fantastic (DJ Snuff and DJ Static) - great energy and great tunes. The support acts were fantastic - best support acts I have seen. I have to say, I hadn't heard of Constant Flow or Hasan Salaam prior to the show, but I will definitely be looking out for both of them now. I bought CF's CD straight from him at the show, and got a picture with him! And I will be looking for both of their new albums when they're out later this year. They both had incredible energy and were great lyricalists. Technique was AMAZING! He had such a rapport with the crowd and came across as such a genuine, nice guy. It felt like a really intimate concert, much different to paying 5x the price to see Eminem at Wembley, for example. It felt like he really loved being there and he put 110% into the performance (despite sweltering heat - I don't think I'd be going back to the venue (The Garage) anytime soon...) His energy was insane and he had some interesting things to talk about. His performance was great, fantastic selection of songs, with of course a full performance of Dance with the Devil. It felt very "go with the flow" rather than many of the staged, rehearsed performances you usually see these days - many times Technique asked the DJ or the crowd what song he should do next, and he seemed ready and able to perform anything requested. Technique met fans queuing before the concert started and did autographs etc, and then he stayed at the end until every last fan had shook his hand and got his autograph. What a night! Will always remember it! Immortal Technique is a fantastic performer and I will definitely see him again next time he's in London.