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Hip-hop culture is deeply rooted in the wrong things. Hip-hop is about drugs right now. It's more so about drugs - about selling drugs, about using drugs - it's bad for kids.
Vince Staples
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Vince Staples
Age: 31
Born: 1993
Born: July 2
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Long Beach
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Vincent Jamal Staples
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I think the opinion is worth less now than it ever has been.
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