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I don't have friends, and it's hard for me to make new friends. Right now, the people that are in my life are the people that I work with.

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I prefer to unwind by DJing. I learned that from Mike D from the Beastie Boys. After a show, he would DJ. Once I saw that, I wanted to do that. And now DJing is like my lifeline. I love the power it represents.

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According to my parents, I just started drumming when I was two. I traveled with them from five to seven on the road, playing percussion. Between 8 and 12, my dad sort of prepared me by teaching me every aspect of road life.

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My parents were really strict about me not watching cartoons.

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Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to people.

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I think the music comes first, then comes the fashion, and thus, the lifestyle. I believe it starts with music, and then the person delivering it delivers the lifestyle, the fashion. Madonna is a great example of that.

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My first gig was at Radio City Music Hall when I was 13.

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I believe that the only people who really, truly benefit from any of the policies of Republicans are the wealthy. I'm in that 1 percent tax bracket, but I'm not a man of wealth.

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Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.

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Highlight reels are about that one person. After a barrage of highlight reels, you get the sense that you can do it without a team. But music thrived the most when groups were involved. People lose sight of that - that community makes the world run.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: January 20th, 1971

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