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I lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive.
Wyclef Jean
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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
Ghetto
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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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For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way.
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For me, before I go on stage, it all depends. Might be a girl, might be an edible, might be a verse, might be somebody mixing something in my drink without me knowing - hopefully that won't happen tonight.
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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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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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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 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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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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I grew up in a Caribbean family household, so the parents are always right. My father smacked me up til I was 20. It was a strict household.
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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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What I'm trying to do is break the genre from what is rap and what is music.
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Haiti is my country. The same way the Beatles are received in England - that's how Wyclef Jean is received in Haiti, do you know what I mean?
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I always look outside.
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You get quick money, it's beautiful, there's sunshine, but at the end of the day, you find out it's all a masquerade, baby. It's not what it seems.
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People often associate raves with drugs, but for me raves are more associated with self-expression.
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What a lot of people don't know is that Wyclef started off as a battle rapper, when he decided that he would rhyme.
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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 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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What happens is we're all gonna return to dirt, so at the end of the day we're all equal.
Wyclef Jean
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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