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I didn't grow up with my Kenyan family. I grew up in a small, conservative suburb of Chicago.

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Tom Morello
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: May 30
Actor
Banjoist
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Guitarist
Mandolinist
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Trade Unionist
New York City
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Thomas Baptist Morello
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