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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
Actor
Film Producer
Human Rights Activist
Musician
Rapper
Kwadèbouke
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Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of fitted suits, elegant cuts I think it's cool to mash up a lot of different looks.
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I'm hands-on with everything, always trying to reach the real people.
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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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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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My dad was in the hood, he was a minister, and he would always put churches in the ghetto.
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My parents were Christian.
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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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My first record wasn't even with the Fugees. I was signed to Big Beat Records, so I was signed back in 1989 to the label that the Knocks are on now. You can always tell which generation had the pulse based on how they see things.
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People often associate raves with drugs, but for me raves are more associated with self-expression.
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I always look outside.
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My songs are really never titled. Sometimes I call it one thing. then I change it
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Haiti is my country. The same way the Beatles are received in England - that's how Wyclef Jean is received in Haiti, do you know what I mean?
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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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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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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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It was important to me to go back to the grungy, because all of a sudden you get excited again, 'cause there's another whole dimension of 'Clef that you wasn't expecting to hear.
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At the end of the day, just know that God made you, so you can be your own individual, and don't let people give you that peer pressure.
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Keep in mind: true revolution is only seven people, right?
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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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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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