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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
Musician
Rapper
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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'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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My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason I was raised with a lot of studies.
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I think the greatest thing about America is the American Dream.
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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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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 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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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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Me and my father went through a war period where we wasn't talking. He wanted me to go to theology school - I didn't want to go. I wanted to do music. I told him I was a minister through music.
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Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.
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People often associate raves with drugs, but for me raves are more associated with self-expression.
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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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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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Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of fitted suits, elegant cuts I think it's cool to mash up a lot of different looks.
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Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.
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I lived in a hut with no roof, and I rode to school on a donkey. I used to shoot birds with a slingshot to cook for dinner. Now I prefer to get my food from KFC.
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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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A lot of my music is very reggae- driven. Half of my life Bob Marley was all I listened to.
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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've never really [written] something that was inspired.
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