{"id":81023,"date":"2014-07-18T13:37:17","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T11:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=81023"},"modified":"2014-07-18T13:37:17","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T11:37:17","slug":"r-i-p-rich-nichols-the-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/r-i-p-rich-nichols-the-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. 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Nichols, 55, a Philadelphia native, managed the band from its inception in 1992, and was instrumental in every aspect of The Roots\u2019 creative, cultural, and professional life  over the past two decades. Nichols is survived by his wife, Mercedes Martinez, his sons Amiri Nichols and Rakim Nichols, his sisters Rochelle Nichols-Solomon, Rebecca Dennis, his brothers Russell Nichols and Reginald Nichols, and the many individuals and artists he mentored in his lifetime.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Roots have released this official statement on the passing of Rich Nichols: \u201cThe Roots&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Roots have released this official statement on the passing of Rich Nichols: \u201cThe Roots Family are devastated to announce the passing of Richard Nichols, the band\u2019s longtime manager, after a long battle with leukemia. 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