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I'm hands-on with everything, always trying to reach the real people.
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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My songs are really never titled. Sometimes I call it one thing. then I change it
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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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I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today
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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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Me and my father went through a war period where we wasn't talking. He wanted me to go to theology school - I didn't want to go. I wanted to do music. I told him I was a minister through music.
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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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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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I think it's cool to do stuff in a different language. Basically, I learned English through listening to rap. A lot of people think it's funny. But it's true I used to try to get the accents.
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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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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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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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People often associate raves with drugs, but for me raves are more associated with self-expression.
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If you go in the ring and box and you're angry, you're gonna lose the match.
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The thing which America allows you to be is it's the country of opportunities.
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The first thing you must learn is to always treat a man and a woman with total respect and honor, 'cause if you do that, the legacy you will leave behind will be work.
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