Felipe Andres Coronel ( born February 19 , 1978 in Lima , Peru ) is an Peruvian-American rapper better known by his stage name , Immortal Technique . Felipe Andres Coronel ( born February 19 , 1978 ) , better known by the stage name Immortal Technique , is an American rapper of Afro-Peruvian descent as well as an urban activist . He was born in Lima , Peru and raised in Harlem , New York .