{"id":178574,"date":"2023-02-23T11:32:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T10:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=178574"},"modified":"2023-02-23T11:32:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T10:32:53","slug":"video-black-thought-delivers-pure-poetry-in-his-love-letter-to-hip-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-black-thought-delivers-pure-poetry-in-his-love-letter-to-hip-hop\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Black Thought Delivers Pure Poetry In His Love Letter To Hip Hop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/unAu0zw-HB0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-012\">With 2023 marking<\/span>\u00a0the 50th anniversary of\u00a0hip-hop, <strong>The Roots<\/strong>\u00a0rapper\u00a0<strong>Black Thought<\/strong>\u00a0has shared his own incredible love letter to rap music in\u00a0collaboration with BET.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis is a Love Letter to Hip-Hop for me because hip-hop is the love of my life,\u201d <strong>Black Thought<\/strong> said in a statement to\u00a0<strong>Rolling<\/strong> <strong>Stone.<\/strong> \u201cNo matter what medium that it is that you\u2019re working in, if you\u2019re painting a picture, if you\u2019re writing a book, if you\u2019re writing a song, those works of art that resonate the most are when you actually pour your true self into it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Part love letter, part<strong> Benny Boom<\/strong>-directed documentary, part hip-hop highlight reel, <strong>Black Thought<\/strong> skillfully delivers a nearly five-minute soliloquy charting the history of rap music, explaining 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anniversary of\u00a0hip-hop, The Roots\u00a0rapper\u00a0Black Thought\u00a0has shared his own incredible 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