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I'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid.

Wyclef Jean

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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
Actor
Film Producer
Human Rights Activist
Musician
Rapper
Kwadèbouke
Wyclef Jeanelle Jean
Nel Ust Wyclef Jean
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Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.
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I haven't accomplished nothing yet - I have a long way to go.
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Mama, you know you raised me with no father figure. I wanna take this time to thank you, even though I'm doing life.
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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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My dad was in the hood, he was a minister, and he would always put churches in the ghetto.
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I grew up in a Caribbean family household, so the parents are always right. My father smacked me up til I was 20. It was a strict household.
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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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I think it's cool to do stuff in a different language. Basically, I learned English through listening to rap. A lot of people think it's funny. But it's true I used to try to get the accents.
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My parents were Christian.
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All that violence in the world, we need to stop that
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It's important, when you see darkness, to understand that there's light ahead of that, and I'm the living testimony of that, you dig?
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For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way.
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When the Fugees were big, we made a whole lot of money, and what happened was that I saved my money and never spent it.
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My battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.
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