{"id":37873,"date":"2011-08-08T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=37873"},"modified":"2011-08-08T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T21:00:00","slug":"mars-blackmon-celebrates-25th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/mars-blackmon-celebrates-25th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Mars Blackmon celebrates 25th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37875\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/mars-blackmon-celebrates-25th-birthday\/jordan-mars-blackmon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/jordan-mars-blackmon.jpg?fit=600%2C436&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,436\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"jordan-mars-blackmon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/jordan-mars-blackmon.jpg?fit=600%2C436&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/jordan-mars-blackmon.jpg?fit=640%2C392&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"jordan-mars-blackmon\" width=\"640\" height=\"392\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/jordan-mars-blackmon.jpg?resize=540%2C392&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/jordan-mars-blackmon.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On this day, 25 years ago, Spike Lee&#8217;s movie <em>She&#8217;s Gotta Have It<\/em> was debuted. In it, Spike introduced legendary character who goes by the name of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=koRKdhiF1Tw\" target=\"_blank\">Mars Blackmon<\/a>. It wasn&#8217;t long enough before Nike took Mars to star in Jordan commercials and the rest is history. 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