{"id":143925,"date":"2020-05-07T13:56:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T11:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=143925"},"modified":"2020-05-07T13:56:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T11:56:57","slug":"kraftwerks-co-founder-florian-schneider-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/kraftwerks-co-founder-florian-schneider-passed-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Kraftwerk&#8217;s Co-Founder Florian Schneider Passed Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"143926\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/kraftwerks-co-founder-florian-schneider-passed-away\/attachment\/1291604\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1291604.jpg?fit=946%2C970&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"946,970\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1291604\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1291604.jpg?fit=640%2C656&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1291604.jpg?resize=527%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"527\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-143926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1291604.jpg?resize=527%2C540&amp;ssl=1 527w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1291604.jpg?resize=768%2C787&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1291604.jpg?w=946&amp;ssl=1 946w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Florian Schneider<\/strong>, the co-founder of <strong>Kraftwerk<\/strong>, passed away last week at the age of 73. According to Sony Berlin death was a result of a short battle with cancer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kraftwerk<\/strong> is one of the most influential electronic music acts of the 1970s and 1980s. Their music was sampled heavily by hip-hop pioneers, perhaps most famously by <strong>Afrika Bambaataa<\/strong>, who transformed <em>Trans Europe Express<\/em> into <em>Planet Rock<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of <strong>Florian Schneider<\/strong> passing, Newsweek looks at five of the best <strong>Kraftwerk <\/strong>songs. Check out the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/rip-florian-schneider-5-best-kraftwerk-songs-honor-co-founder-influential-electronic-group-1502432\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BlackoutHipHop extends condolences to <strong>Florian Schneider<\/strong>\u2019s family and friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florian Schneider, the co-founder of Kraftwerk, passed away last week at the age of 73&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-Brn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}