Hi-Tek
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Tony Louis Cottrell (born May 5, 1976), better known as Hi-Tek, is an American rapper and music producer from Cincinnati, Ohio. He is best known for his work with Talib Kweli as the duo Reflection Eternal. His father is singer Willie Cottrell of the Willie Cottrell Band, whom Hi-Tek featured on his second album, Hi-Teknology 2.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1976-05-05
Discography
- Hi-Tek Radio Friendly Album Sampler2001
- Hi-Teknology2001
- Hi-Teknology²: The Chip2006
- Hi-Teknology³: Underground2007
- Revolutions Per Minute2010
- Glen Orchard Drive (1993 MPC 60)2023
- Panorama Apartments (1994 MPC 60ⅱ)2023
- Beatbox Studios (1995 MPC 60II)2023
- Beatbox Studios 2 (1996 Mpc 60ii)2023
- Werk Road (1997 MPC 60)2023
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- Listeners
- 211,606
- Total plays
- 1,909,940
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Hi-Tek (born Tony Cottrell) is an American hip hop producer from Cincinnati, Ohio. He is best known for his work with Talib Kweli on his Reflection Eternal album and on Black Star. Early career Hi-Tek started his rap career with hip hop group Mood and had a regional hit with "Hustle on the Side". That song was made for Mood's album Doom, which featured amongst others Brooklyn MC Talib Kweli. Talib and Hi-Tek clicked immediately, and Hi-Tek went on to produce most of Talib Kweli and Mos Def's Bl
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cincinnati
- Occupation
- rapper
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Aftermath Entertainment
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- social media followers
- 101533
- date of birth
- 1976-05-05
- member of
- Reflection Eternal
- start of work period
- 1996-00-00
- pseudonym
- Hi-Tek
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Career
- 1996–2000
- 2001–present
- Discography
- Albums
- Production [excluding Reflection Eternal tracks)
- References
Tony Louis Cottrell (born May 5, 1976), better known as Hi-Tek, is an American rapper and music producer from Cincinnati, Ohio. He is best known for his work with Talib Kweli as the duo Reflection Eternal. His father is singer Willie Cottrell of the Willie Cottrell Band, whom Hi-Tek featured on his second album, Hi-Teknology 2.
== Career ==
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