{"id":99576,"date":"2016-01-03T17:42:33","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T16:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=99576"},"modified":"2016-01-03T17:42:33","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T16:42:33","slug":"video-mc-eiht-interview-with-dj-vlad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-mc-eiht-interview-with-dj-vlad\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: MC Eiht Interview with DJ Vlad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BQO5f3Ggt-E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>During the crack epidemic in Compton, California, there was &#8220;money to be made,&#8221; and <strong>MC Eiht<\/strong> did just that &#8211; but only for a short time. &#8220;It wasn&#8217;t my thing,&#8221; he relayed to <strong>DJ Vlad<\/strong>. &#8220;My perfect example is everybody can&#8217;t be doctors [or] lawyers, everybody can&#8217;t be football players, [and] everybody can&#8217;t be rappers [or] producers. But I think at that time it was an experience I had to go through because I was gangbanging.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Speaking further on the drug, <strong>MC Eiht<\/strong> added &#8220;it was a way for you to be different from the rest of the pack. 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