{"id":51811,"date":"2021-06-18T09:21:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T07:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/rapper-biggs-xa-releases-his-second-ep-20210615\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T15:49:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T13:49:24","slug":"rapper-biggs-xa-releases-his-second-ep-20210615","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/rapper-biggs-xa-releases-his-second-ep-20210615\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Biggs XA releases his second EP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_4d021a8c\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11269\/064822a402ad47afbdd12722358e8779.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11269\/8aee030f1f604982a9441f9dc792e1c2.jpg\" title=\"Independent rapper Biggs XA.Photo:SUPPLIED\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Independent 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