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