{"id":48082,"date":"2012-03-09T14:35:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T13:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=48082"},"modified":"2012-03-09T13:32:18","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T12:32:18","slug":"interview-immortal-technique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/interview-immortal-technique\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Immortal Technique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"100%\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/DDKcN1QCxHM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>While out in NYC, Montreality caught up with Immortal Technique for an extensive 40 minute long interview,<br \/>\nhere are the main topics that were discussed:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; His story, growing up in Harlem, NYC during the golden era of Hip-Hop (0:16)<br \/>\n&#8211; The type of student he was at school, his thoughts on learning institutions (2:17)<br \/>\n&#8211; Jobs he&#8217;s had as a teenager growing up, trials &#038; tribulations of the youth (4:47)<br \/>\n&#8211; The key to success, sacrifices he&#8217;s made, independence (7:33)<br \/>\n&#8211; His critically acclaimed project, &#8216;The Martyr&#8217; (10:22)<br \/>\n&#8211; If he thinks that his music puts his life at risk (13:19)<br \/>\n&#8211; The status on the orphanage \/ school that he built in Afghanistan (14:52)<br \/>\n&#8211; His thoughts on the aftermath of the Occupy Movement (15:31)<br \/>\n&#8211; The release date for his upcoming project, &#8216;The Middle Passage&#8217; (17:32)<br \/>\n&#8211; What he would call his book if he were to write one (17:40)<br \/>\n&#8211; What he has in his pockets during the interview (17:58)<br \/>\n&#8211; His favorite airports across the globe (18:04)<br \/>\n&#8211; The reason why he doesn&#8217;t have any tattoos (19:33)<br \/>\n&#8211; The legalization \/ decriminalization of Marijuana (19:51)<br \/>\n&#8211; Artists he&#8217;d like to collaborate with (23:26)<br \/>\n&#8211; Producers he&#8217;d like to collaborate with (26:28)<br \/>\n&#8211; The inspiration behind &#8216;Dance With The Devil&#8217; (30:00)<br \/>\n&#8211; The inspiration behind &#8216;You Never Know&#8217; (32:07)<br \/>\n&#8211; His many run-ins with the Police (35:07)<br \/>\n&#8211; What he thinks happens after death (37:42)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While out in NYC, Montreality caught up with Immortal Technique for an extensive 40 minute&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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":[9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-cvw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48082","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}