{"id":189419,"date":"2024-01-05T10:30:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T09:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=189419"},"modified":"2024-01-05T00:23:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T23:23:23","slug":"rza-set-to-be-the-first-hip-hop-artist-to-win-the-tec-innovation-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/rza-set-to-be-the-first-hip-hop-artist-to-win-the-tec-innovation-award\/","title":{"rendered":"RZA Set to be The First Hip-Hop Artist to Win The TEC Innovation Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The iconic <strong>Wu Tang Clan&#8217;s RZA<\/strong> is set to receive the prestigious TEC (Technical Excellence &amp; Creativity) Innovation Award and write history as the first Hip-Hop artist to receive the accolade. Given out by the<em> National Association of Music Merchants<\/em>, or <em>NAMM<\/em> for short, the award is presented to individuals who have set the highest standards of excellence in the creative application of recording technology. Robert Diggs will now join the distinguished group of the award\u2019s recipients which include <strong>Herbie Hancock<\/strong>, <strong>Stevie Wonder<\/strong> and <strong>The Slash<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"189425\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/rza-set-to-be-the-first-hip-hop-artist-to-win-the-tec-innovation-award\/tec-award-trophy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tec-award-trophy.jpg?fit=480%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,407\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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=\"tec-award-trophy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tec-award-trophy.jpg?fit=480%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tec-award-trophy.jpg?fit=480%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189425 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tec-award-trophy.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"   \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The iconic Wu Tang Clan&#8217;s RZA is set to receive the prestigious TEC (Technical&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":189422,"comment_status":"closed","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":[14,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/rza-award-thumbnail.jpg?fit=1581%2C1054&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-Nh9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189419","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\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}