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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.

Wyclef Jean

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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
Actor
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Human Rights Activist
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I'm not going away fast I've been around for a while, and plan to be around for a while more.
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I lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive.
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I was looking for Quincy Jones, that's who I was obsessed with. Watching Mike [Jackson], I always knew that I had to be a showman on stage, because when people come to you live you always want them to come back. You gotta give them something to remember.
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I always look outside.
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My first record wasn't even with the Fugees. I was signed to Big Beat Records, so I was signed back in 1989 to the label that the Knocks are on now. You can always tell which generation had the pulse based on how they see things.
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I hear them playing Elvis, they on they way to Graceland. But they don't scare me, I'm in the trunk.
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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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When you find the talent, it's always raw, and when you put the talent in the formula, you get the Knocks.
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I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.
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