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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.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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