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Going back and forth between wanting to be respected artistically and wanting to move people is its own challenge.

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Danger Mouse
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: July 29
Disc Jockey
Musician
Rapper
Record Producer
Recording Artist
Singer-Songwriter
White Plains
New York
Brian Joseph Burton
Brian Burton
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