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I live in a pretty liberal place, so it's a lot of hidden racism and things like that. If you really look up California, it's a really shitty place when it comes to things like that.

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Vince Staples
Age: 31
Born: 1993
Born: July 2
Rapper
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Long Beach
California
Vincent Jamal Staples
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