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Haiti is my country. The same way the Beatles are received in England - that's how Wyclef Jean is received in Haiti, do you know what I mean?

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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It's important, when you see darkness, to understand that there's light ahead of that, and I'm the living testimony of that, you dig?
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My battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.
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I want people to experience what it's like being from Haiti, coming to America, being Wyclef - multicultural, multilingual.
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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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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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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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The reason why we're warriors is that we rise to the occasion anyone that's felt like the system put them down, and then they rose to the occasion, they're a warrior. It's not about whether you come from the hood or you come from the suburbs, you know what I mean? It's about reality and life.
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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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I lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive.
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My grandfather was a voodoo priest. A lot of my life dealt with spirituality. I can close my eyes and remember where I come from.
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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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I always look outside.
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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 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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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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Every generation is gonna keep changing, and you just have to embrace the change.
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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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Mama, you know you raised me with no father figure. I wanna take this time to thank you, even though I'm doing life.
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My parents were Christian.
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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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