{"id":148811,"date":"2021-01-15T16:14:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T15:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=148811"},"modified":"2021-01-15T16:14:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T15:14:29","slug":"r-i-p-duke-bootee-the-author-of-the-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/r-i-p-duke-bootee-the-author-of-the-message\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Duke Bootee, The Author Of &#8216;The Message&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1610722903319_Screen-Shot-2021-01-15-at-2.53.01-PM.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"148812\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/r-i-p-duke-bootee-the-author-of-the-message\/1610722903319_screen-shot-2021-01-15-at-2-53-01-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1610722903319_Screen-Shot-2021-01-15-at-2.53.01-PM.png?fit=1196%2C1198&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1196,1198\" 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=\"1610722903319_Screen Shot 2021-01-15 at 2.53.01 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1610722903319_Screen-Shot-2021-01-15-at-2.53.01-PM.png?fit=640%2C641&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-148812\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1610722903319_Screen-Shot-2021-01-15-at-2.53.01-PM.png?fit=640%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1610722903319_Screen-Shot-2021-01-15-at-2.53.01-PM.png?resize=540%2C540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1610722903319_Screen-Shot-2021-01-15-at-2.53.01-PM.png?resize=1022%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1610722903319_Screen-Shot-2021-01-15-at-2.53.01-PM.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1610722903319_Screen-Shot-2021-01-15-at-2.53.01-PM.png?resize=768%2C769&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1610722903319_Screen-Shot-2021-01-15-at-2.53.01-PM.png?w=1196&amp;ssl=1 1196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>R.I.P. the legendary <strong>Ed Fletcher<\/strong> a\/k\/a <strong>Duke Bootee<\/strong> the author of one of Hip-Hop&#8217;s biggest anthems, <em>&#8216;The Message&#8217;<\/em> by <strong>Grandmaster Flash &amp; The Furious 5<\/strong>.<br \/>\nCondolences to his friends, fans and family. Thank you for your contribution to Hip-Hop.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9-RE-6aL01Q\" width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R.I.P. the legendary Ed Fletcher a\/k\/a Duke Bootee the author of one of Hip-Hop&#8217;s biggest&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"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-148811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-CIb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148811","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\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148811\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}