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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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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
Actor
Film Producer
Human Rights Activist
Musician
Rapper
Kwadèbouke
Wyclef Jeanelle Jean
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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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There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.
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Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.
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No matter what I'm goin' through, I could still exist.
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My battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.
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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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The reason why we love America so much is America is the only place you can actually come in and wave your flag.
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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?
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I'm not going away fast I've been around for a while, and plan to be around for a while more.
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I lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive.
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When you're talkin' about a great man, you're not talking more than one person. It's not about how many people are followin' you, it's about the fact that you're a great man, that's all it's about.
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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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All that violence in the world, we need to stop that
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It will be true work that the kids can follow, as opposed to a facade of you doin' something, and you're doin' nothing.
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I've never really [written] something that was inspired.
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For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way.
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America is a melting pot of immigrants. So actually, if you took all of the immigrants outside of America, you'd be missing a lot of flavor, starting with the food, with the culture, with the dance, with everything.
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People often associate raves with drugs, but for me raves are more associated with self-expression.
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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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