{"id":158006,"date":"2021-12-02T09:14:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T08:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=158006"},"modified":"2021-11-29T14:18:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T13:18:26","slug":"the-umcs-staten-islands-forgotten-sons-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/the-umcs-staten-islands-forgotten-sons-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"The UMC&#8217;s: Staten Island&#8217;s Forgotten Sons (Trailer)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CRHJiZvpxAo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dream Different Media<\/strong> presented the trailer for the upcoming documentary <em>The UMC\u2019s: Staten Island\u2019s Forgotten Sons<\/em>. The documentary was created and produced by <strong>Boo &#038; Sarah Hartman Evans<\/strong>, along with production from <strong>The UMC\u2019s (Kool Kim &#038; Haas G<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to Rap, Hip Hop, and of course the culture, <strong>The UMC\u2019s<\/strong> put Staten Island on the map. 30 years after two No. 1 hits on Billboard charts, the group is still mentioned in countless discussions regarding influence, and not only by fans. During a recent interview, <strong>Kanye West<\/strong> shared a childhood memory of going to the store with his allowance, which was enough to purchase one cassette, his choice <em>Fruits of Nature<\/em>. In another interview <strong>will.i.am<\/strong> appeared star-struck when he mentioned being a huge fan of <strong>The UMC\u2019s<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>The trailer underlines some legendary career highlights. <strong>The UMC\u2019s<\/strong> were the first rap group out of Staten Island, the first rap group out of Staten Island to appear and perform on <strong>Soul Train<\/strong>, and the first rap group out of Staten Island to chart on Billboard at No 1.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"158007\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/the-umcs-staten-islands-forgotten-sons-trailer\/screenshot-2021-11-29-at-15-13-32\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-29-at-15.13.32.png?fit=1182%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1182,1080\" 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=\"Screenshot 2021-11-29 at 15.13.32\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-29-at-15.13.32.png?fit=540%2C493&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-29-at-15.13.32.png?fit=640%2C585&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-29-at-15.13.32.png?fit=640%2C493&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"493\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-158007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-29-at-15.13.32.png?resize=540%2C493&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-29-at-15.13.32.png?resize=1024%2C936&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-29-at-15.13.32.png?resize=768%2C702&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-29-at-15.13.32.png?w=1182&amp;ssl=1 1182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dream Different Media presented the trailer for the upcoming documentary The UMC\u2019s: Staten Island\u2019s Forgotten&#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":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-F6u","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158006","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=158006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}