An early fan of Tech N9ne’s music, Travis would listen to it saying, “This guy is crazy talented, why isn’t he bigger than he is?” He always liked rap and the music influences coming from the West Coast and New York. This was the interaction between Travis and Tech N9ne that would eventually turn into their current working partnership.īeing a product of the Kansas City School District, Travis was raised in the Hip Hop environment. Travis approached Tech to see if he would be interested in being a part of their fashion shows and having them design clothes for his own stage wear. Working with Paradise Originals, the apparel brand, is how Travis first met up with Tech N9ne.
He spent the years after graduation running a furniture service business with 32 locations across the country, getting into real estate, and working with friends to help start an urban apparel business. in 1988, Travis O’Guin was quite the entrepreneur. To close the set, Tech and Krizz performed "Speedom (Worldwide Choppers 2)," a song inspired by folk rocker Richie Havens' original classic "Freedom." After years traveling his own path, it's a fitting way to define Tech N9ne's wildly independent approach.Even before graduating high school from VanHorn of Kansas City, Mo. Backed by a guitar, drums and bass for their Tiny Desk, the trio brought out the rock-tinged hues of such definitive Tech N9ne songs as "Dysfunctional," "Aw Yeah? (interVENTion)" – dedicated to his mother who died from lupus in 2014 – and "Fragile," originally assisted by Kendrick Lamar, Mayday and Kendall Morgan. Their playful banter between songs personifies that creative connection, as Krizz delivers backing vocals and guest verses from the soul. Together, they've carved out an unorthodox niche: chopper-style speed rap that often plumbs dark, emotional depths. native and kindred spirit of Tech N9ne's. "This is how we laugh at all the other rappers," Strange Music comrade Krizz Kaliko says, letting out a belly laugh near the end of duo's Tiny Desk set.
The Kansas City native has been a beast for years now, a musical misfit who laid a track record of underground success and struggle before building his own independent empire with Strange Music. During a career nearly three decades in the making, Tech N9ne has dodged the fickle rap industry while surfing his own wave, stylistically and professionally.
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