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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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When I'm rhyming it's all in my head... Like the slaves, when they were picking cotton, they would block out their minds. They would sing.
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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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Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.
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I grew up in a Caribbean family household, so the parents are always right. My father smacked me up til I was 20. It was a strict household.
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No matter how far you go, if you can't go back to the essence, you're not sayin' nothin'. The essence for me is hip-hop. But the hip-hop community I came up in isn't a loyal community.
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I feel that life is short, so we should be disciplined, but at the same time we should have a good time.
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I've never really [written] something that was inspired.
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