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Group. So good, in fact, that the self all good with Bueno and Noyz Music a you don’t already know, it’s definitely Richmond, CA, where he snatched up d time to patronize Exotic Jewelry in foun o” ment . Sacra of shine to “King d time aime o’s procl it is Buen would be proud of – clearly a sign that nice iced-out watch that any player high school he was a star athlete and s, idual to find his true love of music. In indiv ented i-tal mult this for hard ’t State L.A. “I got the best of both world It wasn transferred and graduated from Cal later He o USC. Buen to ip real,” larsh for scho l hood etbal the received a bask because I’m from For those begins, “but I got that other element.” Sac, that don’t know, Bueno represents South area, the in s hood ed -test block most one of the “Stackaotherwise known as “Mackamento,” mento” or even “The Clapitol.”
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