{"id":1929,"date":"2012-03-10T03:24:22","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T08:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamesrichardson.net\/jtalk\/?p=1929"},"modified":"2012-04-21T02:36:01","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T07:36:01","slug":"ready-to-die-but-he-still-lives-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jamesrichardson.net\/jtalk\/2012\/03\/10\/ready-to-die-but-he-still-lives-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready to Die….but he still lives on!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I can’t believe that it has been 15 years since Biggie was murdered in Brooklyn. When I really think about it this means it has been 15 years since I was really excited about any hip hop artist. Despite the demonization of hip hop and rap music in many circles, there can be no debate that this polarizing music genre has been a driving force in the lives of many youth. The above discussion is an insightful and intelligent discussion on the cultural relevance of Biggie and hip-hop.<\/p>\n

It made me wanna pull out my old book or rhymes and grab the mic again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can’t believe that it has been 15 years since Biggie has been gone. That means it has been 15 years since I was really excited about any hip hop artists. The above discussion is an insightful and intelligent discussion on the cultural relevance of Biggie and hip-hop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,263,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-hip-hop","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t