Tech N9ne SLAMS ‘Fan’, Addresses Wayne Collabo Via Twitter [Social]

Ever since Tech chose to accept Lil Wayne’s offer of a future collaboration he has received much negative feedback from his diehard fan base. Many fans identify Tech as a voice of the underdog and view a collaboration with Wayne as “selling out.” Some simply do not like Lil Wayne as an MC and think that a collaboration would be a disservice to Tech’s skills as a mic controller. For whatever reason, the backlash has been immense. Tech, seemingly fed up with it all, decided to air out his opinion on the matter on his Twitter.

First Tech forwarded his followers a message he received from a fan:

“Fwd: Ur gna lose ur uniqueness if u do a song wit wayne and a lot of ur fans…bad mooove….. < beautifuL>”


Tech’s comments on the message with disgust:

That’s the bull shit I gotta wake up to . Now Imma send Yaw my response to the bitch”

Tech then forwards his response:

“Fwd: Fuck you and the fans who talk shit bout my blood homie.”
“Fwd: How the Fuck you gonna come to an up close and personal tech show and see all that emotion and uniqueness then turn right around an …” (Tech often tweets beyond the word limit)
38 years of weird and raw cause I do a song with one of the biggest rappers in the world. Fuck you and all the simple minded mutha fuc …”

The fan replied to this, which Tech forwarded to his followers:

Fwd: Saying u might lose ur creative message through ur audience < beautifuL>”

Tech responds:

“Fwd: Fuck you AND my creative message!

Here Tech seems to be saying that the perception of his creative message doesn’t mean anything compared to what he wants to do.  Tech’s method has always been to do whatever he wants, rap about whatever he wants, with whoever he wants, whenever he wants.  Evidence of this mentality can be found with the release of K.O.D., an album made full of dark content despite pressure to continue his commercial hot streak that started with Killer and continued with Sickology 101. If Tech caved into the pressure, and chose not to collaborate with Lil Wayne because of angry fans, then in all reality he would be going back on what he’s always stood for: complete artistic freedom.  Tech goes on to hypothesize where the cited fan’s anger is really coming from:

“Fwd: Fuck last night bitch just cause you couldn’t Fuck me you mad?

Kutt Calhoun shared his two cents on the matter:

“@TechN9ne ppl dnt understand shit do they? Strange musics uniqueness will b brought to the forefront on a national level n continue to fly!!”

Fans have come out  in droves on his Twitter account to support Tech in his moment of frustration.

What do you think of the collaboration and Tech N9ne’s response?

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  • Anonymous

    That’s why I don’t like twitter. Every random motherfucker can say something to you. While it can be a good thing on one hand, I believe the negative points outweigh the positive ones. That’s what I think after reading stuff like this. But, I’m glad this issue has once again been addressed since I was thinking about this as well.But I’m never gonna lose my trust in Tech and Strange Music. Wayne’s latest collabos (especially with the king Eminem) have been great so no doubt this is gonna rock, too. Strange Music Uniqueness, the world better get ready!

  • Heath

    i’m not a wayne fan, but i have no problem with tech working with wayne. it will be a big door opener for strange music!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jordan-Henderson/1785887500 Jordan Henderson

    man 4real fuck all the haters tech and lil waynes shit will be tight

  • http://www.facebook.com/colakells St. Kelly

    tech fans being ignorant huh. wayne is more lyrical than tech ever was.. didn’t say better. but more lyrical yes. sorry that tech fans are blinded by the concept of “mainstream”. tech deserves the shine,and theres nothing but good to come from this.

    how does a “die hard fan” turn around on a dime? sounds like fake shit to me.. tech is right. stand strong homie, just do you.. that’s what these fans SUPPOSEDLY respected you for in the first place. get it in killa.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1430113166 James ŁüÇïÐ Kuna

    Honestly Tech FUCK HATERS … cuz its YOUR CHOICE to do wat YOU WANT … so FUCK THEM.. let them hate and watch your REAL FANS stick by and watch strange music relish into wat u been workin for!! much mutha fuckin love tech and for the record TECH N9NE DOING A SONG WIT LIL WAYNE IS DOPE!!

  • Ballin_outa_control_2000

    if tech does anything with lil wayne like what lil wayne did on his last album wow wow is all i can say.. it will be amazing because to me, this new lil wayne album is very much like a tech album heavey guitars, and ritty dark stuff kind of,, very tech like and i bet if they do a song with something like that

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=525832538 Tyler S Mcbride

    I honestly do not understand why everyone is getting their panties in a bunch over a collaboration. Tech is going to do Tech. Said over and over again. still to this day people don’t understand that sometimes a person has to make choices for themselves. People need to learn what selling out it. Tech is doing a song, he isn’t changing his style or personality. Im syked to hear Tech and Wayne on a track. Its going to increase his fan base and reach out to a wider group of listeners. Strange Music is all about expanding and becoming Top Dog. I think its kinda self centered of fans trying to control who Tech can and can’t collab with. Different is good.

    Tech, Go head and do you. I support SM till i die.

  • http://twitter.com/Swagz_Stranger Kimberly Marley

    It’s bull shit to just please what that bitch wants in Tech N9ne’s music. It’s Tech’s Music not that mother fukers

  • http://www.facebook.com/Kmass982 Kmass-Keith Gray

    Shit Techs msg will be heard By people dont know who he is the kids who suck on everything Wayne does .. I am nt a big fan of Lil wayne BUT when i colabs with other artist dude kills it .. Look at the tracks he has done with Eminem & Game he has some of the best stuff of his career with Colabs … Now for him to want Tech is a Huge step in making the #1 independent label and big deal ..

    Give it a chance people I bet when its all said and done teh ones who are Bitching will be Blasting the track or tracks every fuckin day I know i will .. hell i wasnt sure i would like tha move tech made with gates TILL i heeard tha cd and Damn im impressed oonce again ..
    If you guys are true fans of Tech N9ne the Damn you should be a Fan of his decision to accept Waynes offer of doing a track together

    So in closing STFU and Deal with it

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1143032684 Salahuddin Ayyub Jitmoud

    Go for it! I’m not a fan of Lil Wayne, but I don’t hate him, either. He actually has some songs/verses I really like. And I’d be willing to hear a Tech N9ne & Lil Wayne collaboration…actually, I’m looking forward to it. That song’s gonna be incredible! (I just ask that it isn’t a club mix or anything like that, though I’d still be supportive if that were the case.) And, for real, who wouldn’t want Tecca Nina to go a step further into the mainstream? His stuff is what needs to be heard on the radio.

  • amar

    probably the same asshats that don’t like the gates mixed plate

  • Its_my_facebook

    hey ya’ll the way i look at it is this, Tech is one of the biggest underground rappers, he is also one of the most talented in the way of his lyrics an his performances, Tech does what Tech does because, well, its what HE WANTS TO. Sure he might lose some fans over it but if your a fan of Tech an you stop listenin to him because of 1 calabo then u mus not be a true Tech fan. At least thats the way I see it. Its like TWIZTID said at the gathering “we do this for us, sure not everyone is gonna like it but we do” or it was somethin like that. MUCH LOVE
    Psycho

  • jwyld

    I agree with Tech 100% Fuck the people who hate on him for moving his shit forward. Go hard Tech! I’m not a big Wayne fan but when he collabs with people his tracks tend to be better so I am lookin forward to it. Much luv to Tech and the whole strange crew!

  • http://www.facebook.com/PittyP William Parera

    weezy can put tech, krizz or kutt on any song and they can rip it
    i think its about fucking time the industry got STRANGE!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mack-Niles/100000393810139 Mack Niles

    so everones gettin mad that one of the biggest mainstream rapper is taking recognition to one of the biggest underground rappers? noone can be PROUD for tech that hes gona get so much publicity? tech has always been, and always will be raw and true, he will never change that… i beleive all you ignorant assholes who will turn there back on tech because of this amazing oppurtunity arnt real tech fans, and maybe you should just suck a dick

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Aaron-Kramer/1062142625 Aaron Kramer

    Shit , go and do you tech, your the best rapper alive and Wayne aint quite on your level, but you to together is guna be some hype ass shit… i personally cant wait for it.. all these motherfuckers saying your guna sell out.. LOL fuck em… Go and do you tech. I think thats badass that wayne is actually willing to rap with you, seems like he wouldnt want to, i think your the best rapper alive! Shout outz from Lansing, MIchigan when u guna come this way again tech!

  • Konfidence

    LMFAO@Lil Wayne being a good artist. That dude is a fucking joke. That dude is gangsta??? LMFAO. I didn’t know shooting yourself was such “Gangsta” thing to do. His lyrics are elementary at best. His flow… Wait.. What flow. sounds like spoken word 5th grade poetry. Yeah I’d be huge in the scene too if somebody paid my way. Wayne didn’t work for shit. And for his collaborations everyone speaking so highly of, Expecially the ones with Eminem… His verses were the worst. Hands down… Remember when you used to say Fuck the Industry Tech? Now you’re getting fucked by the industry. Not happy with the underground anymore? Tired of loyal fans? Figure you want the same bandwagon bitches as Wayne? Oh wait… That’s right.. If I dont like your new shit buy your old shit right? So basically fuck what we like. And I ain’t no bandwagon motherfucker either, I been down with your shit since the beginning. I just hate seeing the artists I grew up with, that help even mold me to a point… Just be like… ” eh… fuck it, Im bored time to sell out” You’re so many levels ahead of that guy. Damn shame….

  • http://twitter.com/NYTechSquad New York Tech Squad

    “Tech Do You”

  • BeZerk

    Alright, so I hate Lil Wayne, but love Tech N9ne. I should be in a dilemma here, but I’m not. Let Tech do his own thing. He is a GROWN ASS MAN and he can make what ever decisions he likes. If you disagree with him, then don’t listen to it. I know I’m not going to listen to that track. It doesn’t make Tech any less of an artist, he has done shit with others in the mainstream and no one threw a fit. Stop trying to be the counter culture and all hardcore and underground. You’re a bitch. That is all you are. You are not underground if you think your opinion of a talentless queer at all in any way, shape, or form, reflects Tech N9ne as an independent artist. And when it comes down to it, you’d do the same damn thing, so stop casting your judgement. That is all

  • http://twitter.com/AmandaxRenee Amanda Harris

    I’m not a fan of Lil Wayne. I can’t stand his style and I think his lyrics are weak. That said….I don’t give a fuck who Tech collabs with, true fans love his music because it’s beautiful, one collaboration isn’t changing a damn thing. I’m not going anywhere. Tech’s fan’s should be happy that he is getting noticed by such influential people. You can hate Wayne all you want, but you can’t deny his influence. Can’t argue with statistics.
    Besides, Tech is a fan of Lil Wayne. So who gives a damn what we think anyway? Let him have his glory.

  • Natalia

    I think Tech deserves to be known by everyone. So what he doing a collabo with Lil wayne yea he wack as fuck. But its only going to make Tech stand out so much better. People going to be like damn who’s this guy? He has some fucking talent. He’s going to out shine lil wayne. So why he selling out? He’s a fucking genius if you ask me.

  • trevor searcy

    tech, im with u on this one bro. fuck who say ur sellin out. shit man i understand how u feel man. i feel like i can seriously connect with u on shit man. so if they wanna hate on u for goin with wayne, fuck em they can suck a dick.

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  • Si Kopath

    I personally can’t wait for it. I’m not a fan of Wayne at all but this will hopefully be a great opportunity for Tech to get more widely known. I won’t turn on him ’cause he won’t go mainstream, it’s been said before but mainstream will go Tech. Tech will always be Tech, but if we could get his shit more known then kids who dickride everything on the radio will finally be able to hear some real talent.

  • Thetrilogyconnection

    who gives a fuck about what negative people think about you? you will always be the king homie…thanks for the best.

  • Natalia

    Oh and Tech didnt go looking for Wayne, Wayne went after Tech.

  • bottmint

    I personally don’t care for Lil’ Wayne. I love Tech. Hell, maybe this collaboration will make me look at Wayne’s music in a different light. I don’t know. But it isn’t my place, or any fans place, to tell an artist how to act. That’s strictly up to them. And for someone to be stupid enough to try just shows how simple they are. They can’t see shit unless it’s right in front of them. I’m looking forward to this collab. Keep doing what you do, Tech.

  • http://www.facebook.com/MoshpitSamurai Nickolas Cedric Heath Smith

    I’m gonna stick with likin Tech Regardless of who he spits with, he’s still a good and original artist. Coming from someone who plans to one day soon have a band and be the frontman, if say Slipknot asked me to tour/play a song with them, fuck sayin no. Quit being simple minded assholes.

  • Guest

    He makes basic references, and is an obvious idiot that can only rhyme words he found on rhymezone.com . I honestly think over 90% of artists are more lyrically talented then Lil Wayne, but with America becoming more and more stupid, people think he is some kind of genius.

    I do agree with your second statement, though.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_6NCK4ZRVD7G6QCKE22J5I2JRUE Lacie

    Why the fuck not? Tech is an ARTIST. His job is to entertain and grow as a musician. He’s made it pretty clear that if you want old tech, buy the old shit. He’s leaving you fucks in the dust and doing his own thing. Not trying to recapture any of his other work.. just coastin’ on his own watch. Besides. Wayne has one of the most original voices i’ve ever heard in rap. I’m not his number one fan but I’m definately looking forward to see what’s in store.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Veronica-Broadnax/100001203033983 Veronica Broadnax

    GO AHEAD AND DO YOU TECH!!! WHATEVER YOU DO YOU’RE GOING TO DO IT RIGHT!!!!! I GOT YOUR BACK SHOW ME THIS BITCH!!!!!! I DON’T CARE WHO YOU WORK WITH…WHETHER IT’S WAYNE OR VANILLA ICE…YOU’RE GOING TO TURN IT INTO THAT HOT SHIT. FUCK PEOPLE FOR HATING!!!!!!

  • Puddingtime-

    performing with wayne doesn’t equal selling out. It’s a good business move, and one song with a mainstream artist won’t tarnish his image but instead bring it to the forefront. despite wayne sucking balls, how many opportunities to work with huge artists comes around for a rapper still somewhat below the radar? he’ll rap with wayne and outshine him on the same track. Hopefully people will realize it and start listening to his shit. those responses were pretty childish though, like shit…

  • http://www.facebook.com/gsbirk Gurpz ‘Wee-bey’ Birk

    I don’t understand the hate here. If you don’ t like Wayne, who gives a fuck? If you like him, fair play. The bigger picture is (as Tech fans), we’ve always said that Tech and Strange music need to be heard, instead of the bullshit that is heard on the radio. If he does a collabo with Wayne, that’s his biggest opportunity to be heard on the big stage and get his name out there, so people realise what amazing talent Aaron Dontez Yates is. It makes commercial sense to do this collabo and also produce beautiful music – which Tech ALWAYS does.

    Now let’s say one of your missions in life was to get noticed by others, how the fuck would you turn this down? I sure as hell wouldn’t, I would embrace the opportunity and show the world who the fuck I am. That’s exactly what the Nina is about to do, and I applaud the guy.

    See the bigger picture here people, it’s about Strange spreading like a virus and putting out good music for the world to hear. Don’t be hating on Tech, saying he’s a ”sell out” and all that other bullshit. If you’re a true fan, you would have his back on this shit. Look at how many hardcore albums the guy has pumped out, pouring his heart and soul into every minute detail. The albums, tours, meeting with fans – all of it, is for us, no one else. He could just end his career and get blowed every day, but that wouldn’t be the real Tech. Tech’s ambition is to spread his music, and now that he’s doing it on a larger scale, people be hating?! Get a grip and support your motherfuckin artist!

  • smoke5one3

    what happend to FTI tech? for all you neo fans out there that dont know what that means its FUCK THE INDUSTRY. i been listenin to tech since i was 13 when i heard anghellic for the first time now i’ll say this yes it will boost tech in to the lime light but from those comments up top it sounds like he’s turning his back on the people that supported him from the start. an lil wayne a blood? HAHAHAHAHA that bitch aint no blood hes a wanna be. but back to the subject yeah it would be cool to see tech on mtv an bet which i dont watch eather but if i see tech i might start watchin it again but what about the juggalos an technitions tech are you forgeting about them the ones that got you to where you are today? an konfidence your right it is a damn shame.

  • Delson Pushetonequa

    tech n9ne is an artist and as artist he should have the complete freedom to do whatever he wants..
    as long as he isnt just cashing in on waynes success.. art is art and business is business and it should stay that way..
    if he wants to do this as an artist go ahead.. if he wants to do this as a business oppurtunity to expose strange music than let him.. just be glad that no rapper in the world can match techs masterpieces..

  • Shannoncharbarneau

    I think Tech has the right 2 make a song with who ever he feels like !! Its nobody else’s bizness ,unless they r payin the bill!!

  • smoke5one3

    one more thing before i forget if tech stays true when he does get into the lime light congrats you finaly made it but if not an you turn your back on all the TRUE fans not those fair weather mother fuckers fuck you… FTI BITCHES

  • MaX96

    I like lil wayne & tech n9ne. i only got into tech around 2 or 3 months ago an im only in my early teenage years. but personally tech should go for it. he’ll go on the radio. and tech isn’t goin mainstream, mainstream is goin tech n9ne

  • http://www.facebook.com/bmaphet Brandon Maphet

    I agree with Heath, people just need to stfu and stop thinking they know whats best for other people, i have no problems here except close minded people.

  • rob

    thats true tho

  • ek0li

    yeah strange music!! MMFCL cant wait for tech and liltunechi aka weezy fuck the haterz http://soundcloud.com/jimmy_pop_ali2003

  • guest

    fuck these fans turned haters

  • Dicedas

    It’s strange (no pun intended) how an entertainer (which Tech N9ne is, regardless of how many people want to deify him) can complain about his fans not liking The Lil Wayne Collabo. Tech N9ne is a entertainer not Martin Luther King Jr. WITHOUT fans Tech would be exactly what he is WITH fans, jus a human being. If you make a living off of entertaining, I think people can say whatever they want about what you do especially if they buy everything you put out and will love it regardless of the quality. I’ve heard a large number of Tech N9ne fans say that Gates Mixed Plate wasn’t a good album as well as the song Bad Season. Automatically most Tech N9ne fans will assume those people are “haters”. However all these people love everything ELSE he’s ever done as well as never missed a show when he comes to our area, EVER. Even 2pac, Biggie, Eminem etc. made wack songs/ albums. I think the most important thing to pay attention to isn’t the actual collabo w/ Wanye but how his fans are reacting and the future effect of said collabo. I think Tech is going to lose alot of his core fan base in the next 5 years simply because his career IS going to change and people don’t like change especially if it’s perceived as mainstream. Plus it’s difficult to effectively change your image/content when you self proclaim yourself as the “King Of Darkness” and your music has been mostly dark your entire career, then try to market “partying in the light.” Thats like Ozzy Osbourne changing his image/content to something more sunshiney. I heard some1 post an accurate quote about Gates Mixed Plate. They said it, “sounded like an album that’s 80% strip club songs and seemed like filler material w/ the exception of 3 songs”. My main point is fans who pay you to ENTERTAIN them have every right to say what they like & what they don’t like. If some1/or alot of some1′s are contributing to you vacationing the globe & making millions jus for rapping on a stage (let’s be real people rappers aren’t neccessarily as valuable as firemen or doctors) @ the VERY least they have a right to voice the things they hate about your style of entertainment, PERIOD. Tech is a rapper/entertainer for Christ Sakes. His importance is equivilent to watching a great movie (It’s for our entertainment so that makes us Ebert and fucking Roeper). Also fans not liking The Wayne collabo has merit because of the below average music Wayne makes. Nobody cares if he’s a “real nigga” like Tech put it, some fans just don’t like that weird ass nonsense he calls music. I think the reality is this: Mainstream v.s. Independent, regardless. If he does that track & continues to make Gates Mixed Plate quality albums/”partying in the light” it will equal Mainstream and disappointment for alot of fans. The long term effect is yet to be seen but Tech is absolutely talented enough to replace the fan base he’ll lose with a new fan base of kids that have little knowledge of Tech N9ne B.C. (Before Carter)

  • mIKE bARNER

    ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE! ALL PEOPLE VIBING TO THE SAME TUNE! DON’T DISCRIMINATE DON’T PLAYA HATE JUST EMBRACE CHANGE AND BANG STRANGE!!!!!!!!!!!

  • ZC

    lol wayne os one of the worst ‘biggest’ rappers in the world. maybe tech will show him how its done and throw down some heavy shit for wayne’s lame ass fans to hear, thus transforming them into strange fans!

  • Bri

    People seem to forget that Tech has done collabos with other mainstream artists in the past already, for example Ice Cube and Paul Wall, and his style has never changed because of it. Tech is not underground, he is independent, just cause he is cool with the like of ICP and KMK does not make him underground. Something my fellow Juggalos need to remember. And in regards to those saying he would be giving up the FTI attitude by doing this, you need to listen to that song again. FTI is directed towards the label and radio executives, NOT the artists.

  • jammal111

    maan all these fuckin haters man i been rockin with tech since he came on the scene have all his underground shit and have been fuckin with wayne to look at it this way u got weezy spitin fire as usual and tech always spits that leathal shit i was excited as fuck to hear my nigga tech doin a callabo with weezy do u no the kinda exposure he will get tech has been on his fuckin grind since day fuckin one has been doin him since day one the industry didnt wanna except him cus of his particular art wasnt wat they wanted but hes one of the richest amd hardest niggas in the game 2 blood homies goin at it on a track is goonna be crazy i no dam well both of them are gonna try to outshine eachother just for the simple fact that its WEEZY AND TECH if ur a real fan of TECH THEN NO MATTER WAT U SHOULD CONGRADULATE HIM FOR JUMPIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY Y HATE ON NINA IF U DONT LIKE IT DONT BUY THE SHIT AND SHUT THE FUCK UP POINT BLANK PERIOD U GOT STRANGE AND YOUNG MONEY CASH MONEY WHO BETTER THEN THEM TOGETHER

  • http://www.facebook.com/jmdube Jason Dube

    I have nothing but respect for Tech N9ne and think he should continue to do whatever he wants @ all times..that being said I don’t understand why he would WANT to collaborate with Lil Wayne, unless just for the simple fact that he can.. Lil Wayne is a joke. I’ll still be a Tech N9Ne fan, the Lil Wayne feature will just be a track to skip, unless Tech just murders him all over it then it might be OK.

  • Jmack91

    Fuck the haters no matter who tech does a song with 50 cent, lil wayne, the game, even the bitch boy esham he still gonna be at the top of my playlist niggaz ya’ll need to stop hatin i bet if it was 2pac and wayne yall wouldnt say this but anyways like tech said fuck you and his creative message he don’t fuckin creative message he still gonna kill anything put in front of him.

  • Supersal420

    I like the way you word that shit bro…