{"id":185775,"date":"2023-09-18T22:04:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T20:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=185775"},"modified":"2023-09-18T22:05:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T20:05:22","slug":"special-ed-on-drinkchamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/special-ed-on-drinkchamps\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Ed On DrinkChamps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8VLkAaad9B8?si=7xb6kcggfuIMLI2l\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this episode of <strong>DrinkChamps<\/strong>, hip-hop legend <strong>Special Ed<\/strong> shares his early days in Brooklyn, battling other rappers for fame, and working with producer <strong>Howie Tee<\/strong>. He talks about dropping his first album at just 15 and collaborating with <strong>Tupac<\/strong>. Special Ed emphasizes how artists should own their music and fights against street violence by empowering youth. Plus, he&#8217;s ready to take on any rapper on Verzuz and pays respect to other hip-hop legends. 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