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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
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Ghetto
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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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All that violence in the world, we need to stop that
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At the end of the day, just know that God made you, so you can be your own individual, and don't let people give you that peer pressure.
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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
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