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I want people to experience what it's like being from Haiti, coming to America, being Wyclef - multicultural, multilingual.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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Kwadèbouke
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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 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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I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today
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America is a melting pot of immigrants. So actually, if you took all of the immigrants outside of America, you'd be missing a lot of flavor, starting with the food, with the culture, with the dance, with everything.
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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 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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I've known Clinton for probably the last year that he was in office and stuff. The vibe that I always got from Clinton was, you-know, he never gave me a president-vibe.
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There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.
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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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I've never really [written] something that was inspired.
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If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything.
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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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All that violence in the world, we need to stop that
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I always look outside.
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Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.
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Wyclef is a musician that tried to unite as many musicians at once as possible. I am trying to be successful at that. The greatest challenge is that, I just got arrested for protesting in NYC for cutting the school budgets... And I think that it's important to stand up. Schools are important.
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My parents were Christian.
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No matter what I'm goin' through, I could still exist.
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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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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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