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{
    "id": 3609459,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3609459/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-01-26T17:44:43-08:00",
    "show": 65763,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65763/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/fe433586-7795-4160-ae07-d70f8f91c5ab/12663106606-500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/fe433586-7795-4160-ae07-d70f8f91c5ab/12663106606-250.jpg",
    "song": "I Love King Selassie",
    "track_id": null,
    "recording_id": "5005b7c2-6a04-474a-8a17-8943afecc4dc",
    "artist": "Black Uhuru",
    "artist_ids": [
        "8ee00333-ec2c-439b-a619-ae160aca2a15"
    ],
    "album": "Love Crisis / Black Sounds of Freedom",
    "release_id": null,
    "release_group_id": "398d3532-b392-3db7-b2d0-96407f744ce6",
    "labels": [
        "Greensleeves Records"
    ],
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    ],
    "release_date": "1977-01-01",
    "rotation_status": null,
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "Haile Selassie, former Emperor of Ethiopia. As the emperor, he was exiled during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia due to the status he held. Selassie would go onto return to Ethiopia and help in taking back control of the country from Italy. During his reign, Selassie emerged as a powerful international figure and symbol of a proud and independent Africa.\n\nRead more about the life and legacy of the  emperor here:\nhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Haile-Selassie-I",
    "location": 1,
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}