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Gangsta to us didn't have anything to do with Al Capone and stuff like that. It's just about living your life the way you want to live it. And you're not going to let nothing stop you.

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Ice Cube
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 15
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I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I'm a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work.
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I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different shit, you know what I mean?
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