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Cutting and pasting is the essence of what hip-hop culture is all about for me. It's about drawing from what's around you, and subverting it and decontextualizing it.
DJ Shadow
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DJ Shadow
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: June 29
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Joshua Paul Davis
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