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It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.

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Zadie Smith
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 27
Essayist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Zadie Adeline Smith
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