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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
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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In the beginning I had women problems, 'cause you know, I represent for the guys. But I was actin' a fool, whilin' out. I'm not sayin' I don't while out anymore. I'm not gonna lie to you.
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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 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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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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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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When you find the talent, it's always raw, and when you put the talent in the formula, you get the Knocks.
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All that violence in the world, we need to stop that
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I'm like Cab Calloway: I love the entertainment, and I've loved entertaining people ever since I was little.
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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 to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.
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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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My dad was in the hood, he was a minister, and he would always put churches in the ghetto.
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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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What happens is we're all gonna return to dirt, so at the end of the day we're all equal.
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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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People often associate raves with drugs, but for me raves are more associated with self-expression.
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Wyclef is a musician that tried to unite as many musicians at once as possible. I am trying to be successful at that. The greatest challenge is that, I just got arrested for protesting in NYC for cutting the school budgets... And I think that it's important to stand up. Schools are important.
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