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" I was raised looking at women who were strong, and they weren't really into playing race cards or playing gender cards. I didn't grow up around women who were like, 'Well, let the boys do that, and let the girls do that.' I didn't really see that in my house. "

Omari Hardwick

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Cards

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" I always have a backpack. I was a poet, so it reminds me of being a backpack poet. "

Omari Hardwick

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Backpack

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" Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south. "

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" Know that the tattoos are all significant. They're all extremely insignificant. I can't break each one down, but it's 20 years. The first one was 21 years of age from a football teammate. "

" It's rare for artists to really stare deeply at themselves in the mirror, literally, because there's constantly a mirror on you. "