{"id":81290,"date":"2014-08-02T18:06:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T16:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=81290"},"modified":"2014-08-02T18:06:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T16:06:01","slug":"interview-cormega-npr-microphone-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/interview-cormega-npr-microphone-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Cormega @ NPR Microphone Check"},"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\/161153914&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>20 years ago, Nas mentioned his friend Cormega on a song called &#8220;One Love,&#8221; which was composed as a letter to someone in prison: &#8220;Night time is more trife than ever \/ What up with Cormega? Did you see him? Are y&#8217;all together? \/ If so then hold the fort down, represent to the fullest \/ Say what&#8217;s up to Herb, Ice and Bullet.&#8221; Those four bars inked Cormega&#8217;s street credibility and forever tied him, for better and worse, to the crown prince of hip-hop. 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