{"id":2686,"date":"2014-04-08T13:25:31","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T17:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=2686"},"modified":"2016-01-25T14:11:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T19:11:54","slug":"soulfrito-festival-is-a-fun-fusion-of-urban-latin-music-and-hip-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/soulfrito-festival-is-a-fun-fusion-of-urban-latin-music-and-hip-hop\/","title":{"rendered":"SOULFRITO Festival Is A Fun Fusion Of Urban Latin Music And Hip Hop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The seventh-annual SOULFRITO The Urban Latin Music Festival took place at Sun Life Stadium on February 22. 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