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The thing which America allows you to be is it's the country of opportunities.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
Actor
Film Producer
Human Rights Activist
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Rapper
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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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My father being a Caribbean minister, one day I stole the radio. The radio that I stole, I took it to school, showing off how big this boom box was and how bad I was at the time. Once my father figured out where I left the radio, he then got his belt and he walked me, he beat me all the way to where I had hid the radio, and with the boom box.
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I always want to know what's wrong with you, why you ain't smiling. That's just my character I just love people and want to see people having a good time.
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It will be true work that the kids can follow, as opposed to a facade of you doin' something, and you're doin' nothing.
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I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.
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I've been communicating with the Fugees, and it feels a lot better now than it did three or four years ago.
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I'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid.
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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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I think the greatest thing about America is the American Dream.
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My battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.
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No matter what I'm goin' through, I could still exist.
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The reason why we love America so much is America is the only place you can actually come in and wave your flag.
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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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Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.
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A lot of my music is very reggae- driven. Half of my life Bob Marley was all I listened to.
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On Sundays I give the sermons like my dad used to give. I utilize it as a revolutionary tool, as a thinking tool, as a tool where I can recruit people, DM them, and give them information that I feel that they need going forward.
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