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Bigger doesn't mean better unless you really understand what bigger is.

Chuck D

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Chuck D
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 1
Composer
Journalist
Musician
Radio Personality
Rapper
Record Producer
Singer
Television Producer
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New York City
New York
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour
Bigger
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Understand
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