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My parents were Christian.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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I'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid.
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All that violence in the world, we need to stop that
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My father being a Caribbean minister, one day I stole the radio. The radio that I stole, I took it to school, showing off how big this boom box was and how bad I was at the time. Once my father figured out where I left the radio, he then got his belt and he walked me, he beat me all the way to where I had hid the radio, and with the boom box.
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Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.
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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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My accomplishment has helped millions of kids see that they can come from a poor family and go somewhere, make something out of themselves. Ive been doing it for seven years professionally.
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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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Ever since I was a little kid, there used to be the Carnival that used to pass.
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My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason I was raised with a lot of studies.
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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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There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.
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What I picked up on Michael Jackson - because I study people when I watch them - the way that he counts his rhythm with his feet and his neck at the same time is crazy... so he's hearing multiple things at once. And I don't know anybody who does that.
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It will be true work that the kids can follow, as opposed to a facade of you doin' something, and you're doin' nothing.
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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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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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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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My battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.
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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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