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A lot of my music is very reggae- driven. Half of my life Bob Marley was all I listened to.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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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 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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The reason why we're warriors is that we rise to the occasion anyone that's felt like the system put them down, and then they rose to the occasion, they're a warrior. It's not about whether you come from the hood or you come from the suburbs, you know what I mean? It's about reality and life.
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I'm hands-on with everything, always trying to reach the real people.
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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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I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.
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All that violence in the world, we need to stop that
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I'm cheap, and I'm proud of it!
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I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today
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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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My battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.
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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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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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