{"id":154785,"date":"2021-08-15T14:30:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T12:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=154785"},"modified":"2021-08-15T14:30:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T12:30:28","slug":"zumbi-of-zion-i-dies-at-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/zumbi-of-zion-i-dies-at-49\/","title":{"rendered":"Zumbi of Zion I Dies At 49"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"154787\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/zumbi-of-zion-i-dies-at-49\/zumbi-rip-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zumbi-RIP-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,682\" 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=\"Zumbi RIP 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zumbi-RIP-2.jpg?fit=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zumbi-RIP-2.jpg?fit=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-154787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zumbi-RIP-2.jpg?resize=540%2C360&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zumbi-RIP-2.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zumbi-RIP-2.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hip-hop community mourns the death of <strong>Steve Gaines<\/strong>, also known as <strong>Zumbi<\/strong>; MC from the Oakland-based hip-hop group <strong>Zion I<\/strong>. According to<strong> DJ True Justice<\/strong>, the 49-year-old rapper died on August 13 due to Covid-19 related complications that caused a severe asthma attack, leading to a heart stop. He passed away at Alta Bates Hospital after the doctors failed to revive him.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2000, when the <em>Mind Over Matter<\/em> debut album was released, <strong>Zumbi <\/strong>with his <strong>Zion I<\/strong> crew has been making great impact on hip-hop with his positive messages and spiritualism, influencing many with his style and skills.<\/p>\n<p>Our condolences to his family and friends.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-l3EHv6r38k\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hip-hop community mourns the death of Steve Gaines, also known as Zumbi; MC from the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"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-154785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-Egx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154785","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\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}