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I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
Actor
Film Producer
Human Rights Activist
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I'm cheap, and I'm proud of it!
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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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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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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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You get quick money, it's beautiful, there's sunshine, but at the end of the day, you find out it's all a masquerade, baby. It's not what it seems.
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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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What I'm trying to do is break the genre from what is rap and what is music.
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My dad was in the hood, he was a minister, and he would always put churches in the ghetto.
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I always look outside.
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For me, before I go on stage, it all depends. Might be a girl, might be an edible, might be a verse, might be somebody mixing something in my drink without me knowing - hopefully that won't happen tonight.
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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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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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Ever since I was a little kid, there used to be the Carnival that used to pass.
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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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I don't see no more Billie Holidays, no more Marvin Gayes, no more Smokey Robinsons. I don't even see no more Nirvanas.
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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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When I lose touch with the audience and the reality of what life really is, I'll be Vanilla Ice or something.
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I always want to know what's wrong with you, why you ain't smiling. That's just my character I just love people and want to see people having a good time.
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A lot of my music is very reggae- driven. Half of my life Bob Marley was all I listened to.
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