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| Español: | Rusia: Baymurat (alias Jimmy) canta un tema de Bollywood... |
Videos of a rendition of a Bollywood song by Baymurat (aka Jimmy) - an ethnic Uzbek from Tajikistan, a gastarbeiter in a town near Moscow, and a YouTube celebrity: one of the earlier versions is here, and the performance at Asian Dub Foundation's April 4 gig in St. Petersburg, Russia - here. Roman Gruzov's profile of Baymurat/Jimmy (RUS) in Bolshoi Gorod is here.
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