{"id":11066,"date":"2010-05-07T14:21:08","date_gmt":"2010-05-07T12:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=11066"},"modified":"2010-05-07T14:21:08","modified_gmt":"2010-05-07T12:21:08","slug":"nas-interview-with-the-life-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/nas-interview-with-the-life-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Nas interview with the.LIFE Files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"100%\" height=\"304\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11545935&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=fa000c&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>JD&#8217;s full length interview with Nas on the heels of releasing his upcoming Distant Relatives album featuring Damian Marley. Relaxing in his New York City hotel room Nas kicked off his shoes and spoke to the.LIFE Files about Barack Obama, the Avatar craze, legendary rapper Guru passing, his former manager&#8217;s Steve Stoute&#8217;s comments to the.LIFE Files, how the internet has changed music and more.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelifefiles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">the.LIFE Files<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JD&#8217;s full length interview with Nas on the heels of releasing his upcoming Distant Relatives&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"JD&#039;s full length interview with Nas on the heels of releasing his upcoming Distant Relatives album featuring Damian Marley. 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