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We should focus on the things that are bad that we can immediately control, because people are always going to be people.

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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
Immediately
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