DJ Evil E Interview with NAMM

</p> <p><strong>Ice-T</strong>‘s DJ <strong>Evil E</strong> sits down with <strong>NAMM</strong> to discuss how he met the OG and started working with him and one of his proudest moments in his long career – working on the title track for the movie <em>Colors</em>.</p> <p><span id="more-143187"></span></p> <p><img decoding="async" data-attachment-id="143188" data-permalink="https://blackouthiphop.com/blog/dj-evil-e-interview-with-namm/untitled-175/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/blackouthiphop.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Untitled-12.jpg?fit=954%2C426&ssl=1" data-orig-size="954,426" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Untitled" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" 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