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I want people to experience what it's like being from Haiti, coming to America, being Wyclef - multicultural, multilingual.
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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Kwadèbouke
Wyclef Jeanelle Jean
Nel Ust Wyclef Jean
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It's important, when you see darkness, to understand that there's light ahead of that, and I'm the living testimony of that, you dig?
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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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Ever since I was a little kid, there used to be the Carnival that used to pass.
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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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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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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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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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I'm hands-on with everything, always trying to reach the real people.
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Rap records don't make you feel good no more. Six months after release, it can't come back as a classic
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I lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive.
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The Wyclef Jean music is eclectic music. Wyclef represents music -eclectic music. I've been doing this music since I was a child, and I said I will refuse for anyone to put me into a box.
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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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My grandfather was a voodoo priest. A lot of my life dealt with spirituality. I can close my eyes and remember where I come from.
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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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When I'm rhyming it's all in my head... Like the slaves, when they were picking cotton, they would block out their minds. They would sing.
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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.
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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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When you find the talent, it's always raw, and when you put the talent in the formula, you get the Knocks.
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I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today
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Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.
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