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When people ask me my influences and I'm like, nobody they're like, there has to be somebody. People seem to think you have to have an influence.

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Vince Staples
Age: 31
Born: 1993
Born: July 2
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As a living, breathing person, you must love things that derive from nature.
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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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