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Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.

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Questlove
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 20
Actor
Composer
Disc Jockey
Drummer
Film Director
Musician
Record Producer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
?uestlove
Ahmir Thompson
Three
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Winner
Giving
Circles
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Years
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Five
Loser
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