{"id":81216,"date":"2014-07-29T18:41:32","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T16:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=81216"},"modified":"2014-07-29T18:41:32","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T16:41:32","slug":"interview-illa-ghee-the-profilewild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/interview-illa-ghee-the-profilewild\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Illa Ghee @ The ProfileWild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"540\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/160642121&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Here\u2019s a fresh interview with Illa Ghee. The Brooklyn native and former Mobb Deep affiliate just released his new album Social Graffiti, which is arguably his best work to date. 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