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What inspired me as a child is the same thing that inspires me now: being nice. I always try to one up everybody with verses and be lyrical and just stand for the art.

Joell Ortiz

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Joell Ortiz
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: July 6
Musician
Rapper
Brooklyn
New York
Everybody
Nice
Child
Lyrical
Art
Inspires
Children
Verses
Thing
Inspire
Trying
Inspired
Always
Stand

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