{"id":11150,"date":"2020-06-24T17:03:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T21:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=11150"},"modified":"2025-09-03T11:54:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:54:31","slug":"supah-mario-producer-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/supah-mario-producer-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Supah Mario (Lil Uzi Vert, Young Thug, Drake) shares how he got started"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Believe it or not, I&#8217;m a huge Slipknot fan,&#8221; Supah Mario confesses.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This may come as a surprise, considering the fact that the prolific producer&#8217;s discography primarily consists of hip hop heavyweights such as Lil Uzi Vert, Young Thug, and Drake. 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