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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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Rapper
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When I rap, I get to express myself in a way where putting words together is like poetry, and sometimes it's better to talk in certain expressions than sing, you know? So I love, I love to rhyme when I want to express certain things.
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I hear them playing Elvis, they on they way to Graceland. But they don't scare me, I'm in the trunk.
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Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.
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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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I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.
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I know that the nice shines I have on is going to pass. The nice cars will pass. All that will stay is the music and the work. That's where I get the inspiration to help people out and work
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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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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 was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.
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I lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive.
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I was looking for Quincy Jones, that's who I was obsessed with. Watching Mike [Jackson], I always knew that I had to be a showman on stage, because when people come to you live you always want them to come back. You gotta give them something to remember.
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At the end of the day, just know that God made you, so you can be your own individual, and don't let people give you that peer pressure.
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The voice of an Angel, the Heart of a Lamb, the spirit of a Lioness, the presence of a Goddess, love you R.I.P Whitney Houston.
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I come from a hut, from a hut I went to the projects, from the projects I went to a mansion so you out there you have ABSOLUTLY NO EXCUSE!
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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 do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.
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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 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.
Wyclef Jean
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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Michael Jackson was my musical God. He made me believe that all things are possible, and through real and positive music. He can live forever! I love Michael Jackson. God Bless him.
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