Raquel Cepeda is a reporter for Hip-Hop magazine, The Village Voice.
Raquel did not realize how excited she would be while she interviewed the notorious underground rapper. “..She is ecstatic to not be stuck in another boring chat with another boring rapper.”
Cepeda was interviewing Immortal Technique. Technique, born Felipe Coronel in a military hospital in Lima, has turned into the perfect combination of activism and hip-hop. He uses his gift and knowledge from both the hip-hop and the political world to spread a message and start a change for the betterment of society. The first step in his agenda is taking down the people on top. Those elite few who own the majority of the riches of the world and the world itself. She made it a point to let him do the talking throughout their meeting in Mi Floridita, a small Cuban eatery in Harlem, New York. She had café con leche and a real rapper before her, what more could she want? Cepeda was supposed to interview Immortal Technique, but Cepeda could not help but bask in his freshness. She comments that when “she recall’s hip-hop’s versatile landscape and soundscape during the 90’s, she sighs.” I bet she was sighing then, too.
Cepeda talks about how passionate, heartfelt and “freaking intense” this rapper is with his music and his purpose. So much that he radiates it to all the people around him. One comment I particularly liked, came from DJ Green Lantern, whom he made a successful collaboration with, “Tech provides that other side of the coin to rappers who just rap about making coins, which helps me keep my sanity.” This quote does not only apply to him, but I think I can say for his fans as well. To me Immortal Technique is a breath of fresh air in a world, neighborhood and home of hypocrisy. I feel Cepeda and her admiration of Immortal Technique. What more can I say, except I heart Immortal Technique.
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