During his teenage years, he was arrested multiple times due in part to what he has said was 'selfish and childish' behavior. His family immigrated to Harlem, New York, in 1980 to escape the Peruvian Civil War. He is of mostly Amerindian descent, and also has Spanish, French and African ancestry. Early lifeĬoronel 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 seeks 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. Most of his lyrics focus on controversial issues in global politics, from a radical left-wing perspective. Felipe Andres Coronel (born February 19, 1978), better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is an American rapper and activist.
