The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique

Immortal Technique is a rapper and political activist who also produced a documentary film entitled The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique. In this interview he talks about his life from his birth in Peru to his start in rap and hip-hop culture while growing up in Harlem. While covering biographical details, the interview with Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks touches on the issues of poverty, freedom of speech, exploitation of women, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Yemen, drone strikes and political corruption.
His website is www.viperrecords.com/ and you can follow him on Twitter @immortaltech.
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[@Luxuriouswhite]

Only complaint is I wish it was longer

[@gypsycob1351]

WISH THE TURK DID NOT SELL OUT WATCH HIM NOW FULL OF THE ELITE PROPAGANDA

[@saintstorm7]

Immortal Technique is the embodiment of hip hop. Concious movement.

[@mustbemeech]

💯

[@Jas_01101]

Immortal technique reminds me of my self. My father was in the military in Mexico and brought me to the U.S. when I was a kid. However, he brought me to the ghetto (Richmond,Ca) but instead of rapping I went into the world of math and physics. Yeee keep it lit and educate your selfs.

[@Bob-zc4bm]

_

[@MrBjorn6]

+clockwork villain He was pretty bright himself, in 5th grade, he qualified and past the hunter high school test. Which only the top 1% can take and only 2% of the 1% pass. He raps but he very deep and well read!!!

[@Inkahustler]

Me too love math 👍🏼

[@CharleyBreakaArchives]

KRS ONE = Hiphop Kulture Education Canibus = Conspiracy Theories Immortal Technique = Politics & History

[@hebrew26commandmentspower55]

BboyCHB Kool G Rap = ????

[@caron1873]

Kool G Rap=Mafiaso & Hood Politics

[@mrcrackdonald_1]

nah K Rino is the conspiracy theorist

[@MuggsyMontoya]

All mumble rappers = ALL SOUNDING THE SAME

[@KoSXxPotatisbarnetXD]

Canibus = Goat

[@gabekortez4062]

Class is in session when IT speaks. Dude is seriously educated. We should strive to be free thinkers and learn the truth.

[@vitocorlion201]

Agreed I T is a inspiration and role model

[@Le-Monade]

10 years later, what he says in this interview is even more relevant. The revolution begins with the individual mind. Revolution begins with improving our abilities to have effective discourse. It begins with understanding real history and taking precaution to not repeat mistakes of the past. Amazing interview. Immortal Technique is not only a great rapper/artist/poet, but overall a brilliant mind, and we can learn a lot from this man. I'm definitely going to watch more interviews and take notes. Let's educate ourselves people. The world needs it.

[@Trump4prisonxxx]

10 years later TRUMP brought back Bushisms

[@craigpaton6692]

Cenk starts off in somewhat of a conversation more than an interview, but when he gets into it he is clearly in awe of the mind that Immortal Technique has, as was I. He's a great man, with a great mind.

[@xplosiv211]

I also really loved how technique called out his past history and instead of sidestepping the question or getting defensive, cenk just lit up, because he appreciates the discussion they were having.

[@95americanista]

why am I just finding out about this epic interview. My favorite online news network and my favorite humanitarian/activist/rapper/ human being

[@screation7311]

reinaldo garcia if immortal technique is your favourite rapper then this SHOULD NOT be your favourite news network. They are pseudo-liberals. Immortal Technique is a great man that supports Palestine and other countries to the greatest extent, TYT DONT (apart from Jimmy Dore).

[@dreperez8403]

Jajajaja I asked my myself that very same thing. Es otra cosa este wey.

[@blackearl7891]

S Creation tyt was attacked by conservatives for attacking Israel in regards to supporting Obama's decision to not veto the united nations condemnation of Israeli citizens. In regards to him being not PC. Just look at Vlad's TV interview and him acknowledging male privilege but still supporting freedom of speech. So what are you talking about.

[@screation7311]

blackearl7891 'Obama's decision to not veto the resolution' Are you serious? All that Resolution states was that Israel should not col nose and grab more land illegally. This is against the GENEVA CONVENTION, yet America have reached so far to the right in the political spectrum, that SIMPLY ALLOWING a resolution that tries to enforce the GENEVA CONVENTION is seen as a triumph for the left. That is ludicrous. If you have not noticed in the 2014 Israel-Gaza War, TYT tried to blame both right wingers on 'both sides' as if it some kind of football match? These are one people being occupied and exploited by a second people and are allowed to do so by a third people. It is complete lunacy to refuse armed resistance to this even when so many Palestinians were being killed.

[@screation7311]

blackearl7891 They forgive Obama's relentless killing of hundreds of thousands of Libyans, Somalis, Yemenis etc (again, apart from Jimmy Dore), and accept it because he is a so called 'liberal' I do not think a liberal would extend Bush's foreign policy but that's exactly what Obama did. I watched the VladTv interview, but may I suggest (if you like immortal technique) that you watch a video of a good friend of his called Obamanation by the rapper Lowkey. It has 4 million views+. Also Obamanation Part 2. Thank you.

[@gingerteamix7285]

WHAT AN EDUCATED,ARTICULATE,TALENTED AND HONEST GUY...FANTASTIC INTERVIEW HE REALLY SPEAKS TO THE HEART..

[@manoneal1724]

Immortal Technique owns like two shirts.

[@manoneal1724]

***** Relax.

[@Abdced]

Immortal Tech is so brilliant. What if 1% of all the fake rappers and artists in general out there actually had something to say instead of money, gold, diamonds, hoes, coke, blablabla and looking in a certain way in videos..

[@VictorGarcia-oi3fu]

Fr💯 man finally someone thinks like me

[@parlonsrap4505]

Klas k i fuck whit your comment... real talk

[@hannasalloum6846]

+Klas K true dat

[@ratedrHXC]

Klas K lol weed have a rapublican party

[@wokensoul4873]

true that

[@Brpskidoomxzx]

Tech is fucking awesome. I'm glad tyt has had him and R.A on for interviews. They need to get Lowkey from the U.K on there too.

[@RyuBlack93]

Dillon Thefirst Oh hell yes... that would an epic trilogy right there dude.

[@benbrim3467]

Dillon Thefirst PREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEACH

[@PressForEarth00]

I third that. Lowkey to complete my musical inspirations.

[@gideonaringo9551]

Never had such an interview for years. IT looks you straight into your eyes and say what many will fear say on live TV. I'll listen to IT all day all night and still feel like I need to listen to him once again. Big thumps IT to me you remain a real hip hop icon sending the right message to the masses.👍

[@JSeaman2099]

Immortal Technique is absolutely brilliant. Knowledge beyond most ppl's comprehension. Best TYT interview yet!

[@thisguy7633]

What is beyond most people's comprehension? The fact that both of these clowns dance around the fact that JEWS did 9/11, by saying "bin laden was a cia asset"? You are just as dumb as these clowns.

[@JSeaman2099]

This Guy Fuck off you fucking racist troll. You jumped on here just to be racist and make false accusations you fucking piece a shit.

[@RHLMRG4L94]

This Guy How did Technique dance around the "fact". Are you aware of his views?

[@joeydrummer7929]

This Guy Saudi Arabia ABSOLUTELY did 9/11 . That's fact. You're just a paranoid anti semite that think Jews are taking over the world LOL. Bro you're wrong . Just stop fuckin A

[@rudyishoggin]

Anti Semite anti Christian anti Islam anti religious belief

[@Uhuru_Askari]

Immortal Technique = Greatest Rapper ALIVE! Also the SICKEST Lyricist that EVER touched a mic...

[@jerryhernandez9775]

Yep

[@andreascheveyo7833]

Real big facts fams.

[@Familyman530]

much respect for immortal technique

[@dude.0]

This guy should be the President.

[@hannasalloum6846]

+JoblessGuydotnet i fucks wit u!!!!!! true talk

[@codyshu6994]

i been listening to tech for years,n i love how he understands the ills of the world n puts it in his music.Cenk has always been one of my top favorite people to get my news from..now seeing both of them talkin face to face is a blast of reality

[@musakavalci3888]

Such a breath of fresh air immortal tech is. I want a man lIkea him running my country.

[@mike58greenberg]

This guy is onto something. He is one of our important voices today.

[@T1J]

compare this with cenk's interview with Lupe Fiasco, you can tell cenk really respects immortal tech and what he has to say.

[@chieme8961]

LOVE YOU MAN!

[@skins189lbs4]

He doesn't respect Lupe?

[@UnitedPacci]

right

[@yourerightdawg]

Cenk today would accuse IT of being a Russian spy

[@ryanleninfan1337]

@@yourerightdawg lmao so funny but true

[@Oldschoolrap91]

At the end, I just sat there with an open mouth....man this dude is so smart, so well-spoken and telling the truth. I coud sit there and listen to him for hours.

[@z00pac]

Cenk was just soaking it all up. Pretty great to see.

[@sahandsoleymani2731]

Immortal Technique knows the truth

[@itchfm]

We can't get enough of dude. Great as always!

[@iamtate_]

2017 Rappers, take notes: if you could make music with even 1/10th of the intellect of Immortal Technique, you could actually make a difference in todays youth with your respective audience.

[@MrIlleism]

Love how Immortal went from being interviewed to interviewing and creating a deeper conversation! Thanks TYT for a great interview! Watched it from start to finish!

[@coeuznatas]

Awesome interview. It's great to see an interviewer that actually listens to the guest, and follow up with insightful questions.

[@livenandlove1980]

This man gives out so much good information so quickly.#mindisblown

[@rapmusic896]

one of my favorite rappers and my favorite news cant get no better

[@rapmusic896]

yep he completely changed my perception of what real music is

[@Krackonis]

He changed my life forever.

[@DaigodonDarkstar]

Immortal tech and Cenk uyger having a convo ive waited a long time for this

[@IndigenousPonchoGames]

Immortal is one of my favorite people. I was so excited when I saw Immortal Technique on TYT!

[@alexalexandrov7767]

Literally found out about this during 2019

[@laurenkmckay1727]

whoever did the subtitles was clearly not listening very well

[@iliveinarichgirlsdream]

Appreciate the ad at the very end

[@EmilioCasavegas]

This damn well may be the best Immortal Technique interview ever.

[@RtzProductions]

This man Immortal Technique .. For me is just a fucking Genius and a guy who speak only the truth ! Much love from Romania !

[@jitinderjohal4476]

Immortal technique speaks the truth of what he feels and see's I saw him at the coronet theatre in London he is a proper rapper just like a handful of others that I listen too big up immortal technique.... True rap artist.

[@OldSkool249]

Just started listening to Immortal. Albums have been on complete repeat, this man is truly brilliant. I'm 19 years old and I love nothing more now then to learn about this country and the rest of the world. Astounding this mans level of knowledge and understanding. Inspirational!

[@pizzadough686]

He’s underground hip hop, but ascends everyone

[@AngryRaptor]

Now THAT was an interview. Engaging, deep and informative. Thank you.

[@Godson4L]

Thats that Incan/South American wisdom in him.

[@hannasalloum6846]

+Godson Leon word

[@giadesplas1314]

Godson Leon ,you are so right ,I wonder if he ever have a fundraising concert in Peru,this incan blended mestizo.im Peruvian American castiza of a abuelita Moche native American.i know my cultures.i love Peru and the cultura.we were there before the incans,we were warriors,the Incas and the Spaniards were looking for the Moches to exterminated them.they got some of the moche warriors and they spoke a different language no one knows what they spoke.im not incan,the Incas invaded our territory so did the Spaniards.we are not dead.we are still alive and now a days blended of springs of our mom and moche grannies.we have our culture not explored enough to makes an adult circus like Macchu Picchu.instead we potters,,silversmith,healers,not witches as we are portrait in peru.we held a middle class system.we lived in the temples.but we were also Jaguar people and protective of our monarchy Mrs Cao.we were warriors also growl like a Jaguar and scared the living shit out their loin clothes.they got afraid of the indoor and underground temples.the Incas didn't get us all we still carry the gene and we might be blended but we still carry the gene and we are now more blended like my case but I know my Moche history through my maternal grandmother.

[@Madvillayo]

interview brother ali!

[@CarlosAyalaTheJukeBoxHero]

One of the best interviews i have ever seen, stay true, stay real.

[@Vex595]

OMG Thank You TYT for bringing Immortal Technique onto the show!!!!

[@WonderGeeWoman]

Smart dude. I like this.

[@dakotaarturo6223]

Love the mention of Peruvian Cocaine, such a good song. Great interview too, it's so sad to see Chief Keef sell millions of albums while Technique lags behind. Mainstream music is just so pathetic.

[@xXxMCmanxXx]

Chief Keef... I would say... that's the shit I don't like

[@richardv6294]

Manjyot Sandhar fail

[@fleshyspeakers]

Tech said that he was once like Chief Keef

[@patrickmcgee1401]

He said he was “once” like chief keef...

[@elintonconcepcion2914]

It just means that a million people are stupid as fuck

[@OatSharpener]

Immortal Technique. You impressed me so much I am in the process of buying your discography.

[@adamprotzmusic]

Right now, I cannot think of a more interesting and enlightening interview I've watched in my life. Immortal Technique is very inspiring, need to check his music out asap!

[@GoldenPuppy1O1]

@ interviewer : Stop interrupting Felipé

[@FloMonKish]

I am seriously impressed with TYT on this one. Amazing interview guys good work.

[@chicityman1]

First time seeing this interview and not disappointed.

[@bobbobjj9793]

I liked when tech taiked about north korea and iraq weapons of mass destruction

[@KidKapamTv]

i wish immortal tech would of went in when they spoke on the 9/11

[@JM111787]

This was a great interview!

[@gerardrbain1972]

How refreshing to see a hip hop artist that can engage in an insightful interview.

[@AHMspadina]

Really interesting thoughts. Wish IT would look into September 11th and what really happened that day. We need more people to understand the truth about that day.

[@Krackonis]

We all know.The Song 'Bin Laden' explains it clearly, but also, I like the line in 'The Cause of Death' which said "The Devil crept into heaven, God overslept on the 7th, the New World Order was born on September Eleventh". How do you explain science in a rap song about the free fall acceleration or perhaps the nanothermate spherules?

[@AHMspadina]

I'm going to have to listen to his stuff more thoroughly. However, would be great if he would take it back to the root when discussing these political maneuverings. Thanks for the comment.

[@GhostEmblem]

Tom Snizzle I think IT makes a lot of mention in his songs about bush iraq and 9/11.

[@craighicksartwork]

Technique is a bit too much to be interviewed by the Turks. He's on a different level. In fact... he's beyond most people, full stop.

[@phagtacular]

Seriously, I saw the video title TYT and Immortal Technique and I about filled the cup.

[@GetAFuckinClue]

"TRAIN BY DAY.. PODCAST BY NIGHT.. ALL DAY!" - Nick Diaz

[@NKIReel]

Whoever did the subtitles should be fired.

[@bitchard215]

Seriously lol what the fuck was that person on at the time. A 5th grade student could have did it better.

[@Terror350]

I think you guys are looking at google captions or whatever, where its essentially a computer listening to the video and creating subtitles.

[@bitchard215]

It's the captions that you can enable within the youtube video, if that does go through google captions then you could be right. I've never seen it as bad as this, ever. and it's not like they're speaking in a hard dialect to understand. The words are no where near what I heard lol

[@Terror350]

Richard Smits Yeah I see it everytime I use those captions though

[@mizdot86]

i'm so glad cenk did an interview with immortal Technique i've been a fan of his for awhile! i first heard of him when my friend made me listened to one of his songs called "dance with the devil" i was just blown away!

[@StuartG001]

Hadn't heard of this guy before the interview, now i really need to check out his stuff. Great interview (Y)

[@richierich1213]

been listening to immortal technique for a while, always liked his stuff and have never seen this video until now. Gave me goosebumps to see how articulate he is and how he isnt just out there rapping about something that doesnt matter in this world. His message was clear...

[@JoeyL4321]

I like how this became a two way interview.

[@toladep]

What an awesome interview!

[@flipzmadmax5494]

Immortal technique is my lecture and historian teacher through his music and interviews. This guy is who you should look up to, and look to when you want to know about history.

[@hildormuthafo]

Big fan of Immortal Technique, great interview!

[@pianorama]

Fantastic! Thank you for this interview.

[@Codenameblue468]

always good to hear immortal speak

[@ihateanthoney]

every single interview tech is in is great

[@alextrev421]

immortal technique is the real deal. you can tell every song every sentence he raps/speaks has so much thought behind it. he makes me want to do so for myself

[@dephinite2545]

what he said from 20 minute mark and after was gold

[@bighardscouselad]

Well I was pleasantly surprised by this interview

[@pantocyclus]

Nice, I've been hoping TYT would interview Tech.

[@m199029]

Finally ive wanted Technique on tyt for years..

[@AnonyMyst777]

Best interview ever! Good job TYT

[@Just_Brigood]

Never heard of this guy but great interview!! I'll have to check him out

[@Eloquescence]

Great interview! Love Technique's brutal honesty.

[@mujahidabdellah3852]

Fiyyah!!! Once again. Well said Tech. Interviews are always fiyyah!!!

[@supernaturalblack8551]

Greatest rapper alive Viva la revolution

[@DrFrankLee]

I can hear this dude talk all day.A truly intelligent leader that this world needs more of.Makes me proud.

[@aduckcalledronan]

15:30 in and im blown away by these two dudes.. they make a WHOLE lot of sense

[@UNDERGROUNDREBEL420]

DAMN THAT SHIT GOT EMOTIONAL AT THE END, FELIPE ALWAYS HAS THOSE WORDS OF WISDOM.

[@floraslaughter1]

He is amazing. I really find his interviews worthy of attention unlike main stream rappers.

[@Tent316]

That as an amazing interview! Immortal Technique keep doing what your doing!

[@kylvin318]

This is simply amazing... greatest interview I've probably ever seen in my entire life.

[@EndureUno]

Even though most of what Tech talks about probably eludes most his fans, I'm still glad he's educating them, albeit slowly.

[@LettyCVM]

I'd hit the LIKE button one million times and more if I could. Especially about the Korean conflict, wow, this was an enlightening interview!

[@damntasia]

immortal tech is just fucking amazing. This is what hiphop is about.

[@magicdust50]

I was so surprised that IT got an interview lol wish more people were aware of his music, its very interesting.

[@sanderstrebor]

I want more, This is great!

[@ZiqqiPH]

You should promote the interviews more on the main channel. Perhaps by giving a snippet, similar to how you do with the point, because the interview was really interesting.

[@lenin405]

great interview, tyt keeping it real

[@senorconhuevos]

Its clear who values words and critical thinking in this interview.

[@poorandimmature]

Immortal technique is a very intelligent, motivated, and down to earth person, respect to TYT for their best guest yet... About a year ago I sent him an email and couldn't believe when he responded.

[@patrickmcgee1401]

Yo for real Ive listened to his music for years but I’ve just recently started watching interviews for the past few weeks and that shit has my eyes glued and ears open. I’m a white Irish kid from Jersey they lives in NYC and the way he breaks things down really makes me realize not to take everything at face value. Plus dude is an activist who is fucking active, he isn’t just talking the about shit, he’s been in the front lines

[@orchoose]

Wow just wow.... i think Cenk was speechless at the end same as me... great interview

[@JayBallz7]

Great interview.

[@TheeImmortalPhoenix]

An amazing Interview. We can't clean the wounds of the issues in the nation without confronting the original issues that cut us in the first place. We need the truth of the American Mythology, and the bravery to fess up to our mistakes, to move forward. What strong words. All musicians should look up to Immortal Technique. All people in fact. Great job Cenk and Immortal. NEXT INTERVIEW GET MICHAEL MOORE!! THUMBS UP IF YOU AGREE SO ANA CAN SEE AND BOOK HIM!!

[@gobberpooper]

This is a fantastic interview. TYT + Immortal Technique = awesome