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Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.

Wyclef Jean

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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
Actor
Film Producer
Human Rights Activist
Musician
Rapper
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A lot of my music is very reggae- driven. Half of my life Bob Marley was all I listened to.
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In the beginning I had women problems, 'cause you know, I represent for the guys. But I was actin' a fool, whilin' out. I'm not sayin' I don't while out anymore. I'm not gonna lie to you.
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No matter how far you go, if you can't go back to the essence, you're not sayin' nothin'. The essence for me is hip-hop. But the hip-hop community I came up in isn't a loyal community.
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The thing which America allows you to be is it's the country of opportunities.
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I haven't accomplished nothing yet - I have a long way to go.
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Ever since I was a little kid, there used to be the Carnival that used to pass.
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Me and my father went through a war period where we wasn't talking. He wanted me to go to theology school - I didn't want to go. I wanted to do music. I told him I was a minister through music.
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There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.
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I'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid.
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The voice of an Angel, the Heart of a Lamb, the spirit of a Lioness, the presence of a Goddess, love you R.I.P Whitney Houston.
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Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of fitted suits, elegant cuts I think it's cool to mash up a lot of different looks.
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You get quick money, it's beautiful, there's sunshine, but at the end of the day, you find out it's all a masquerade, baby. It's not what it seems.
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If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything.
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When you enter the realm of politics, you don't enter it because you want to be popular. When I want to be popular, I pull on a guitar and sing a song.
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I think it's cool to do stuff in a different language. Basically, I learned English through listening to rap. A lot of people think it's funny. But it's true I used to try to get the accents.
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At the end of the day, just know that God made you, so you can be your own individual, and don't let people give you that peer pressure.
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I'm like Cab Calloway: I love the entertainment, and I've loved entertaining people ever since I was little.
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I think the greatest thing about America is the American Dream.
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I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.
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What a lot of people don't know is that Wyclef started off as a battle rapper, when he decided that he would rhyme.
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