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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
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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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Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.
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The reason why we love America so much is America is the only place you can actually come in and wave your flag.
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It will be true work that the kids can follow, as opposed to a facade of you doin' something, and you're doin' nothing.
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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.
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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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People often associate raves with drugs, but for me raves are more associated with self-expression.
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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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For me, before I go on stage, it all depends. Might be a girl, might be an edible, might be a verse, might be somebody mixing something in my drink without me knowing - hopefully that won't happen tonight.
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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 do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.
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I've been communicating with the Fugees, and it feels a lot better now than it did three or four years ago.
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When you enter the realm of politics, you don't enter it because you want to be popular. When I want to be popular, I pull on a guitar and sing a song.
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The thing which America allows you to be is it's the country of opportunities.
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On Sundays I give the sermons like my dad used to give. I utilize it as a revolutionary tool, as a thinking tool, as a tool where I can recruit people, DM them, and give them information that I feel that they need going forward.
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