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I wake up sometimes with an idea and then I write it down. It's not necessarily easy, but when you focus on something it comes.

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Vince Staples
Age: 31
Born: 1993
Born: July 2
Rapper
Record Producer
Singer
Long Beach
California
Vincent Jamal Staples
Vincent Staples
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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. So I think it will just take time. Old people have to die. Once the generation right under my Mom dies, we'll be fine.
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Music was never really something I wanted to do, so I never thought about it as a kid.
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People just tell me I'm supposed to be sensitive, and I'm not. But I think I'm very emotional. I'm very caring.
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All my friends and family are either in prison or don't make enough money. I don't know what the president really does. I haven't been able to experience that kind of shift yet.
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Drugs are horrible I say no to drugs. I've never done drugs in my life.
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I was never like, Oh man, I want a Grammy and I'll do whatever it takes. Someone like that might not do what it takes to have a decent touring career, because they're in the studio trying to master whatever they're doing to win a Grammy.
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