Coronel is African Peruvian and was born in 1978 in a military hospital in Lima.[1] His family emigrated in 1980 to Harlem.[5] During his teenage years he was arrested multiple times due in part to what he has said was selfish and childish behavior. He attended Hunter College High School on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Shortly after enrolling in Pennsylvania State University, he was arrested and charged with assault-related offenses due to his involvement in an altercation between fellow students, the charges stemming from this incident led to him being incarcerated for a year.[1][6] After being paroled, he took political science classes at Baruch College in New York City for two semesters at the behest of his father, who allowed Coronel to live with him on the condition that he go to school.[7] Honing his rapping skills in jail, and unable to find decent wage-paying employment after his release, Coronel began selling his music on the streets of New York while battling with MCs whenever the opportunity arose.[8] [9][10] This, coupled with his victories in numerous freestyle rap competitions of the New York underground hip hop scene such as Rocksteady Anniversary, Braggin Rites and others, led to his reputation as a ferocious Battle MC.[11] (2000-2005): Revolutionary Vol. 1 and Revolutionary Vol. 2 In 2001, Immortal Technique released his first album Revolutionary Vol. 1 without the help of a record label or distribution, instead using money earned from his rap battle triumphs.[11] He also battled but lost to Posta Boy in 106 & Parks Freestyle Friday. Revolutionary Vol. 1 also contained the underground classic Dance With The Devil. In November 2002, he was listed by The Source in its Unsigned Hype column, highlighting artists that are not signed to a record label. The following year, in September 2003, he received the coveted Hip Hop Quotable in The Source for a song entitled Industrial Revolution from his second album. Immortal Technique is the only rapper in history to have a Hip Hop Quotable while being unsigned.[11] He releas
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