- Get Cancer.
- Don’t reveal to the public that you have cancer.
- While going through Chemo/contemplating your death, throw your creative energy into making a unbelievably amazing album.
- Release said record album to the public on your birthday.
- Die two days later.
Well played, sir. The world will greatly miss you.
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