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2Felipes Andres Coronel (born February 19, 1978) is a Peruvian born and [[BigApplesauce Harlem raised]] rapper, better known by his stage name, Immortal Technique. Extraordinarily political, Immortal Technique is a completely independent rapper known for his outspoken lyrics, dense wordplay and well-spoken activism. He's been known to collaborate with Music/{{Tonedeff}}.
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5!!Examples of Tropes in Immortal Technique's work:
6* BeingEvilSucks: The main theme of "Dance With the Devil". The protagonist wanted to live out "the ''Film/{{Scarface|1983}}'' fantasy stuck in his brain" and gain the money, power, women and respect [[DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster that can come with being a crime lord]]. He ended up [[spoiler: killing himself after finding out that he ''raped his own mother'' as a gang initiation]]. The song ends with the lines "So when the devil wants to play with you, you better say never / Because the dance with the devil might last you forever".
7* BilingualBonus: Some of his lyrics are, perhaps unsurprisingly, in Spanish. "Golpe de estado" is almost entirely in Spanish.
8* BoastfulRap: "Obnoxious"
9** "Rich Man's World (1%)" is a VillainSong in this vein. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments And it is hilarious.]]
10** "Peruvian Cocaine" is another, but is not nearly as happy or funny as "Rich Man's World (1%)".
11* ClusterFBomb: Not as much as some other hip-hop, but it's still there.
12* ConspiracyTheorist: Just...listen to some of his songs.
13* CrapsackWorld: "The 3rd World"
14* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: The protagonist of "Dance With the Devil", after finding out that he just beat and raped his own mother.]]
15* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: At the end of "Dance With the Devil", the singer turns out to be one of the gangsters in the story and says this:
16--> And now the Devil follows me everywhere that I go/In fact, I'm sure he's standing among one of you at my shows
17* HiddenTrack: ''The 3rd World'' has at least ''two'', one at the end of the album as one would expect and one hidden in the gap ''before'' the first song begins (rewind from the first song to hear it, although not all CD players will support this). If you count tracks merged in at the end of songs that aren't at the end of albums as hidden tracks, there is a third hidden track on ''The 3rd World'' after "Hollywood Driveby" and another on ''Revolutionary Vol. 1'' after "Dance with the Devil".
18* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: In "Dance With the Devil", the protagonist asks a local gang if he can join them. They don't take him seriously just yet, partly due to his lack of reputation but mostly because he once snitched to the cops after getting caught. So they suggest he prove himself by doing something truly cold hearted, such as raping a woman. [[spoiler: He does. And [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone it turns out to be his own mother]]]].
19* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: One interpretation of him, he could possibly be an example of GoodIsNotNice or even an especially cynical KnightInSourArmor, or all three.
20* LiteraryAllusionTitle: "The Poverty of Philosophy" is named after a book Creator/KarlMarx wrote in response to a book entitled "The Philosophy of Poverty" by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. (This actually represents a rather important point in the historical divergence of UsefulNotes/{{anarchism}} and [[UsefulNotes/{{Socialism}} communism]], since before that point, Marx had praised Proudhon's book ''What Is Property?'').
21* MoralEventHorizon: {{Invoked}} in "Dance with the Devil," combined with MyGodWhatHaveIDone.
22-->"I'm falling and I can't turn back."
23** Also the aptly entitled "Point of No Return."
24* PitbullDatesPuppy: Due to the chemistry of their back and forth, many people believe he's dating RT's [[SensualSlavs Marina Portnaya]].
25* PoliticalRap: Pretty much every song he's done.
26* {{Sampling}}: In addition to the expected sampling from other songs, Tech is also fond of sampling film dialogue to underscore his lyrics. The films he's sampled include ''Film/DeepCover'', ''Film/NewJackCity'', ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''. ''Goonies Never Die'' samples the theme of ''Film/TheGoonies'' together with several shout-outs to the movie.
27* ShoutOut: To everything from adult film star Peter North to Egyptian monarch Tutankhamen. Most songs have several of these.
28* StartOfDarkness: The whole story of "Dance with the Devil."
29* SurpriseIncest: Turns out [[spoiler:the protagonist of "Dance with the Devil" was tricked into gang-raping ''his own mother''.]]
30* TakeThat: At least [[OnceAnEpisode once a song]]. In fact, a strong case could be made that this trope is the primary reason Tech's music even exists.
31* ViewersAreGeniuses: Unless you're ''extremely'' conversant with politics and history, you will probably not understand even half the references in many of his songs. Even if you are, there are probably some you'll still miss.
32* WhamLine: Two ''[[NightmareFuel horrific]]'' ones in "Dance with the Devil":
33** [[spoiler: "Cause he was staring into the eyes of his own mother."]] followed by [[spoiler: "Cause I was there with Billy Jacobs, and I raped his mom too."]]
34* WorkingClassAnthem: "The Poverty of Philosophy" is a rap number pointing out that working to change an inherently broken system -- from the US to various Latin-American countries -- within its own rules is a fruitless endeavor because many of its societal-ills are based around manufactured crisis that those suffering from under it are forced to work under.

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