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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.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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Once we revolutionize the music industry, then we can revolutionize our communities and everything in the world, 'cause what happens is, the communities are listening to the music.
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I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.
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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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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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My parents were Christian.
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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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I know that the nice shines I have on is going to pass. The nice cars will pass. All that will stay is the music and the work. That's where I get the inspiration to help people out and work
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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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Ever since I was a little kid, there used to be the Carnival that used to pass.
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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 battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.
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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 was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.
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