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I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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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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If you go in the ring and box and you're angry, you're gonna lose the match.
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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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Once you're done in hip-hop, you're done.
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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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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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No matter what I'm goin' through, I could still exist.
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I grew up in a Caribbean family household, so the parents are always right. My father smacked me up til I was 20. It was a strict household.
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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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When you enter the realm of politics, you don't enter it because you want to be popular. When I want to be popular, I pull on a guitar and sing a song.
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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 like Cab Calloway: I love the entertainment, and I've loved entertaining people ever since I was little.
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I'm cheap, and I'm proud of it!
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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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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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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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When you're talkin' about a great man, you're not talking more than one person. It's not about how many people are followin' you, it's about the fact that you're a great man, that's all it's about.
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You get quick money, it's beautiful, there's sunshine, but at the end of the day, you find out it's all a masquerade, baby. It's not what it seems.
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