{"id":225845,"date":"2026-04-08T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=225845"},"modified":"2026-04-06T22:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:39:18","slug":"the-influence-of-pete-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/the-influence-of-pete-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"The influence of Pete Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YwwbpPcDQmQ?si=8-xhzBkFYiCf2H23\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Youtuber<strong> El Train<\/strong> brings us another dope video. This time, he explains the influence and meaning of <strong>Pete Rock<\/strong>, and how he shaped 90s Hip-Hop with classics such as &#8220;T.R.O.Y.&#8221; and &#8220;The World Is Yours.&#8221; When people talk about Pete Rock, they usually go straight to the classics. But the story behind those records starts years earlier, with a young Pete in Mount Vernon, his dad\u2019s record collection, local crews and the early days of New York rap.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"225846\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/the-influence-of-pete-rock\/el-train-pete-rock-video\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/El-Train-Pete-Rock-video.avif\" 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=\"El Train &amp;#8211; Pete Rock video\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/El-Train-Pete-Rock-video-540x304.avif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/El-Train-Pete-Rock-video.avif\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-225846\" src=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/El-Train-Pete-Rock-video.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"686\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/El-Train-Pete-Rock-video.avif 686w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/El-Train-Pete-Rock-video-540x304.avif 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Youtuber El Train brings us another dope video. This time, he explains the influence and&#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":"","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":[12,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dig-of-the-day","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-WKF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225845","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=225845"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225848,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225845\/revisions\/225848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}