Although rap music was banned from his house, his life changed dramatically when his uncle snuck him a record called "Rap Dirty" by Blowfly. It was a strict religious household, so going to church several times a week and hearing church music and gospel songs within the house became natural for Tech. When Tech was 12, his Christian mother married a Muslim who would become Tech's stepfather and they moved to a new house. Tech's understanding of rhythm in music was taught by his uncle, while the religiousness came from his mother, grandmother and aunt. Tech showing his childhood home in Kansas City. He began rapping at an early age and would rap the letters of his name in order to remember how to spell it. After a while he moved up to his grandmother's house. Tech grew up in a small house in the Wayne Miner projects, where his grandmother and a few of his aunts and uncles also stayed. He never met his father, and his mother suffered from epilepsy and lupus when he was a child, which emotionally affected him and inspired him to "search for God." He would wander around abandoned buildings with his best friend, Brian "B'zle" Dennis, hoping to catch a ghost on film.
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