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Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don't want the old ways. They want to bring in the new, whether it's the ballet, when it started, or Shakespeare.
Russell Simmons
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Russell Simmons
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: October 4
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