This K.C. rapper has been keeping it strange since the late ’90s, and he’ll be chopping it up in Charlotte this week with his full Strange Music posse, including Krizz Kaliko and Chris Webby. Inspired by some of the best old-school rappers including Schoolly D and Slick Rick, Tech N9ne has navigated the netherworld between underground rap and mainstream entrepreneurship with a dizzying mix of rap styles and dark apocalyptic music.