Robert Ito

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LLCoolJ

“Be Cool” 

By Robert Ito 

ACCESS 

February 2011 

"My grandfather was a West Indian guy who didn't want to spend no money. One day, I came in the house and he said, 'Hey, look over there.' I looked, and there were two turntables and a mixer. And those two turntables and a mixer changed my life." 

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