{"id":159543,"date":"2022-01-13T09:08:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T08:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=159543"},"modified":"2022-01-12T09:26:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T08:26:05","slug":"raekwon-on-vladtv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/raekwon-on-vladtv\/","title":{"rendered":"Raekwon on VladTV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kFzL1tHsMFQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Raekwon<\/strong> came through for his first <strong>VladTV<\/strong> interview in some years to speak about his new book, <em>From Staircase to Stage: The Story of Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan<\/em>, which he pointed out is from the <strong>Wu-Tang<\/strong> song, <em>Incarcerated Surfaces<\/em>. 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