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How can hip hop be dead if Wu-Tang is forever?
RZA
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RZA
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 5
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Cats be talkin', Bobby I ain't feelin' ya. But I bet if I was peelin' your cap back with a two-shot Dillinger Hot lead released from my cylinder, You'd be talkin' 'bout, Bobby I'm feelin' ya!
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