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I'm a citizen of the U.S.A but I also travel around the world and love other countries like the UK as if it was my own. I love your tolerance and preservation of the arts.

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will.i.am
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: March 15
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I was born and raised in the ghetto, on welfare, two minutes from homeless.
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