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Rap records don't make you feel good no more. Six months after release, it can't come back as a classic
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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No matter how far you go, if you can't go back to the essence, you're not sayin' nothin'. The essence for me is hip-hop. But the hip-hop community I came up in isn't a loyal community.
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When you're talkin' about a great man, you're not talking more than one person. It's not about how many people are followin' you, it's about the fact that you're a great man, that's all it's about.
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Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.
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