It’s become a “thing” to do at a Tech N9ne show – throwing your bra on stage when he plays Areola. Having been a staple in his set for some time now, Tech would have received more than his fair share of bras in his time, but it was only recently revealed that he was actually collecting them.
No, it’s not perverted. Tech and his crew have been collecting these bras (quite literally hundreds of them), as was revealed this week after he donated them to survivors of family and domestic violence. Hope House is in Kansas City, where Tech N9ne is also from, and is a shelter for abused women. Taking to Instagram, the rapper disclosed just how close to home this issue is for him and the decision behind the donation.
“I told them how I was one of those kids that had to witness my mom getting beat by an old boyfriend back when I was in 3rd and 4th grade and how we were always running to a relatives house to get away from him.I told them how at one point we had to run all the way over to KCK and stayed in a house right on Quindaro for a while cause he beat her really bad that time so I had to do a bit of fourth grade over there in KCK at an elementary school called Benjamin Banneker.”
Tech N9ne also spoke to XXL, saying that it was “beautiful” that having a song like Areola has now led to this. “It’s beautiful that what started out as a fun party song with Areola at my shows and thousands of beautiful women throwing their bras on stage turned into us donating all of them to the Hope House for a bigger purpose.”
“No woman deserves to be abused, I’m glad we could help make a difference,” he said.
There is an interview from the day still to come, but for now take a listen to the song that made it all happen below – bra or no bra.
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