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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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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
Actor
Film Producer
Human Rights Activist
Musician
Rapper
Kwadèbouke
Wyclef Jeanelle Jean
Nel Ust Wyclef Jean
Became
Successful
Important
Love
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When you enter the realm of politics, you don't enter it because you want to be popular. When I want to be popular, I pull on a guitar and sing a song.
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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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I think it's cool to do stuff in a different language. Basically, I learned English through listening to rap. A lot of people think it's funny. But it's true I used to try to get the accents.
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My songs are really never titled. Sometimes I call it one thing. then I change it
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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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That's the best way to feed the human mind. That's how Bob Marley did it. He never put it in your face. After you got the groove, you were just singing the hooks, because you thought it was cool.
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People often associate raves with drugs, but for me raves are more associated with self-expression.
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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 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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There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.
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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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