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When I was a kid I used to want to be a Beethoven or something. That was my dream.

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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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Beethoven
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I live to die better that than to live a lie.
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I don't care at all. I don't know the difference from one president to the next.
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People been killing each other since forever and hurting each other since forever and taking advantage of each other since forever.
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Where I come from, there's no common enemy, there's no why. There's no, I hate white people.
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