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I'm not blowing my own trumpet here, but I made a rap song 20 years ago with Afrika Bambaataa.

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John Lydon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 31
Actor
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Singer-Songwriter
Television Presenter
Holloway
London
Johnny Rotten
John Joseph Lydon
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