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I started studying in '85 and got knowledge of self and started spitting. What was going on was taking the understanding of what I was reading and applying it with my life and applying it with my rhymes.
Rakim
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Rakim
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 28
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William Michael Griffin
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