{"id":86485,"date":"2015-02-14T14:19:38","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T13:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=86485"},"modified":"2015-02-14T14:19:38","modified_gmt":"2015-02-14T13:19:38","slug":"ras-kass-breaks-down-why-he-wrote-how-to-kill-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/ras-kass-breaks-down-why-he-wrote-how-to-kill-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Ras Kass Breaks Down Why He Wrote “How To Kill God”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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First of all, I need to explain the inception of my song \u201cHow to Kill God.\u201d Around 1999, I had an epiphany. After being just two albums into my major label record deal, I had encountered an endless amount of politics, treachery, envy and overall shadiness. I knew that by my last contractual album\u200a\u2014\u200athe fifth\u200a\u2014\u200aI wanted to go out with a bang, create my opus, and really tell people what I thought. I figured I\u2019d be blackballed out of the industry for it, but by then I\u2019d be financially solvent. Maybe not Russell Simmons rich, but wealthy enough to retire. In 2000, I called a fellow emcee and told him my fifth and final album\u2019s title, How to Kill God. He was slightly offended at my use of rhetoric.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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