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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.

Wyclef Jean

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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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