{"id":209943,"date":"2025-05-15T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T08:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=209943"},"modified":"2025-05-15T09:49:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T07:49:48","slug":"xzibit-on-sways-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/xzibit-on-sways-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Sway&#8217;s Universe w\/ Xzibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NIwTLGjmYxQ?si=1I20aqRgLExvcJwH\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While preparing for the release of his upcoming album, &#8220;Kingmaker,&#8221; West Coast heavyweight, <strong>Xzibit<\/strong>, dropped by &#8220;Sway&#8217;s Universe&#8221; for a compelling interview. Watch him discuss significant moments of his career, including meeting <strong>Dr. Dre<\/strong>, working with <strong>Ice Cube<\/strong> and his first steps in acting. He also touches upon some of his personal struggles, the upcoming release, and much more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Kingmaker&#8221; is due for release on May 16th. You can pre-order physical editions of the album right<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diggersfactory.com\/vinyl\/324667\/xzibit-kingmaker-lp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"209944\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/xzibit-on-sways-universe\/xzibit-on-sways-universe-thumbnail\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Xzibit-on-Sways-Universe-Thumbnail.webp?fit=686%2C386&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"686,386\" 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=\"Xzibit on Sway&amp;#8217;s Universe Thumbnail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Xzibit-on-Sways-Universe-Thumbnail.webp?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-209944\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Xzibit-on-Sways-Universe-Thumbnail.webp?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Xzibit-on-Sways-Universe-Thumbnail.webp?w=686&amp;ssl=1 686w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Xzibit-on-Sways-Universe-Thumbnail.webp?resize=540%2C304&amp;ssl=1 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While preparing for the release of his upcoming album, &#8220;Kingmaker,&#8221; West Coast heavyweight, Xzibit, dropped&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-SCb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209943","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=209943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209943\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}