{"id":209048,"date":"2025-04-16T11:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=209048"},"modified":"2025-04-15T10:29:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T08:29:39","slug":"how-dj-premiers-trash-became-a-hip-hop-treasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/how-dj-premiers-trash-became-a-hip-hop-treasure\/","title":{"rendered":"How DJ Premier\u2019s &#8220;Trash&#8221; Became a Hip-Hop Treasure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iF4yHFwTvjs?si=Rt1DeseTH_5eeiZa\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" 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><strong>Brandon Shaw<\/strong> of <strong>Digging The Greats<\/strong> continues his run of outstanding video essays. 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