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" I have a good team. It's good to have a good team. "
The Weeknd
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" When I was born, that was the music my mother was listening to. Michael Jackson is a third parent to me. "
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" It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that there are people who can't or won't see what Black Lives Matter is trying to accomplish. "
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