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When I'm rhyming it's all in my head... Like the slaves, when they were picking cotton, they would block out their minds. They would sing.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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When I rap, I get to express myself in a way where putting words together is like poetry, and sometimes it's better to talk in certain expressions than sing, you know? So I love, I love to rhyme when I want to express certain things.
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Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.
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I've been communicating with the Fugees, and it feels a lot better now than it did three or four years ago.
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