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I was born and raised in the ghetto, on welfare, two minutes from homeless.

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will.i.am
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: March 15
Businessperson
Dancer
Disc Jockey
Educator
Entrepreneur
Film Producer
Film Score Composer
Guitarist
Music Producer
Musician
Philanthropist
LA
California
William James Adams Jr.
Zuper Blahq
illwilly
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William Adams
Homeless
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Minutes
Born
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Ghetto

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