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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.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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When I'm rhyming it's all in my head... Like the slaves, when they were picking cotton, they would block out their minds. They would sing.
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I'm cheap, and I'm proud of it!
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What happens is we're all gonna return to dirt, so at the end of the day we're all equal.
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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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