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There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.

Wyclef Jean

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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
Actor
Film Producer
Human Rights Activist
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Rapper
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It was important to me to go back to the grungy, because all of a sudden you get excited again, 'cause there's another whole dimension of 'Clef that you wasn't expecting to hear.
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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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My songs are really never titled. Sometimes I call it one thing. then I change it
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My father being a Caribbean minister, one day I stole the radio. The radio that I stole, I took it to school, showing off how big this boom box was and how bad I was at the time. Once my father figured out where I left the radio, he then got his belt and he walked me, he beat me all the way to where I had hid the radio, and with the boom box.
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My battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.
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It was important that I became successful. People say they do it for the love, and yes, you do it for the love, but you want to be successful
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I always want to know what's wrong with you, why you ain't smiling. That's just my character I just love people and want to see people having a good time.
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No matter what I'm goin' through, I could still exist.
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The first thing you must learn is to always treat a man and a woman with total respect and honor, 'cause if you do that, the legacy you will leave behind will be work.
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Wyclef is a musician that tried to unite as many musicians at once as possible. I am trying to be successful at that. The greatest challenge is that, I just got arrested for protesting in NYC for cutting the school budgets... And I think that it's important to stand up. Schools are important.
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That's the best way to feed the human mind. That's how Bob Marley did it. He never put it in your face. After you got the groove, you were just singing the hooks, because you thought it was cool.
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Right now I'm trying to help my sister with her school situation, 'cause she's real smart. Besides me, my other brother's a lawyer... my parents stressed education a lot.
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Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.
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My accomplishment has helped millions of kids see that they can come from a poor family and go somewhere, make something out of themselves. Ive been doing it for seven years professionally.
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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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I'm hands-on with everything, always trying to reach the real people.
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Every generation is gonna keep changing, and you just have to embrace the change.
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When I lose touch with the audience and the reality of what life really is, I'll be Vanilla Ice or something.
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Michael Jackson was my musical God. He made me believe that all things are possible, and through real and positive music. He can live forever! I love Michael Jackson. God Bless him.
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Rap records don't make you feel good no more. Six months after release, it can't come back as a classic
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