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I lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive.

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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
Actor
Film Producer
Human Rights Activist
Musician
Rapper
Kwadèbouke
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Nel Ust Wyclef Jean
Ghetto
Turned
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Negative
Lived
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I come from a hut, from a hut I went to the projects, from the projects I went to a mansion so you out there you have ABSOLUTLY NO EXCUSE!
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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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I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.
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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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I haven't accomplished nothing yet - I have a long way to go.
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