"Never faked it, look, mama I made it, that's a fact now," he spits on "Look What I Did," off 2020's Enterfear. And though he's never actively pursued aboveground success, each of his 11 full-length releases over the next two decades landed on the Billboard charts, and he found room for collabs with the mainstream-beloved likes of Eminem and Kendrick Lamar. With his third album, 2001's sordid Anghellic, Yates secured his horrorcore supremacy. At the turn of the millennium, Tech N9ne cofounded his own label, Strange Music, conceived as a home for his intellectually charged lyrics and experimental approach to vocal patterns-namely, the Midwest-native chopper style, an unrelenting rapid-fire delivery that features hard-edged pronunciation and a breakneck cadence. Born Aaron Dontez Yates in 1971, the Kansas City native got his initial footing in the early '90s with the occasional radio single as a member of the group Black Mafia and on the soundtrack for the 1997 film Gang Related. And though his childhood was stained by instability (a chronically ill mother) and violence (her abusive partner), he's known for extraordinary reliability and courtesy as a performer. He's known for his stinging chopper delivery, but claims The Doors as a major musical inspiration. He's an icon in the horrorcore genre, yet cites his religious faith as one of his primary influences. As he noted in an interview with Billboard while Tech helped him with the technical aspect of the songwriting, Johnson’s lyrics came straight from the gut and heart.Tech N9ne is many things, not all of which neatly align with the image of a rapper who's named for a semi-automatic pistol. In 2021, the actor dropped his rap verse along with Tech N9ne for the song “Face Off.” The moment caught many fans by surprise as Johnson ended the aggressive music with an intense verse. “Murder To Excellence” is an amazing song for the latest Black Adam trailer, but we’re a little surprised Johnson didn’t try to achieve some creative synergy. Watch The Throne attracted many big-name producers, including S1 and Swizz Beatz, who both produced Murder To Excellence. Surprisingly, despite his many production credits, West wasn’t the one who made the song’s beat. Lyrically, the song deals with heavy subjects, but it all fits well with its majestic-sounding beat, which largely samples a traditional Romanian song called “Purtata fetelor de la Căpâlna”. The song that uses it is called “Murder To Excellence”, the lyrics of which aim to consciously address the societal experience of Black people in America from both a negative and positive perspective. However, the latest Black Adam trailer opted for a deep cut of Watch The Throne. In 2011, HOV and Ye released the album “Watch The Throne” which, supported by its numerous successful singles like “Otis”, reached platinum status (via BET). Their familiar voices can be heard booming thanks to the recording of their most notable collaborations in the latest Black Adam trailer. And there are arguably few as instantly recognizable as Jay-Z and Kanye West. An unmistakable voice is one of the essential ingredients for a successful rap song, along with skillful word creation and control of the flow of the voice.