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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.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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Film Producer
Human Rights Activist
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Rapper
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I haven't accomplished nothing yet - I have a long way to go.
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I decided to do what I do when I was 2 years old. At 2 years old, you know, I heard the sound of a drum playing in the village, and I found my own drum and just picked it up and started playing, the worst song ever written by Wyclef Jean.But it actually started a vibe.
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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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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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I've known Clinton for probably the last year that he was in office and stuff. The vibe that I always got from Clinton was, you-know, he never gave me a president-vibe.
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