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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
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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My grandfather was a voodoo priest. A lot of my life dealt with spirituality. I can close my eyes and remember where I come from.
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My first record wasn't even with the Fugees. I was signed to Big Beat Records, so I was signed back in 1989 to the label that the Knocks are on now. You can always tell which generation had the pulse based on how they see things.
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I'm 27 years old. I'm going to go into Hollywood really arrogant. I'll be breaking a lot of rules. It's going to be hot.
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Once we revolutionize the music industry, then we can revolutionize our communities and everything in the world, 'cause what happens is, the communities are listening to the music.
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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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Every generation is gonna keep changing, and you just have to embrace the change.
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My songs are really never titled. Sometimes I call it one thing. then I change it
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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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You might see a female, and she triggers something, or you see an old lady walking down the street, she triggers something. You go to Africa, you see the vibes, that triggers something.
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No matter what I'm goin' through, I could still exist.
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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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I like Bergen County because it's nice and quiet. It's beautiful, and I can get to the city way quick.
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It's important, when you see darkness, to understand that there's light ahead of that, and I'm the living testimony of that, you dig?
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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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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've been communicating with the Fugees, and it feels a lot better now than it did three or four years ago.
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I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.
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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'm hands-on with everything, always trying to reach the real people.
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When the Fugees were big, we made a whole lot of money, and what happened was that I saved my money and never spent it.
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