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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.

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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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In the beginning I had women problems, 'cause you know, I represent for the guys. But I was actin' a fool, whilin' out. I'm not sayin' I don't while out anymore. I'm not gonna lie to you.
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I've never really [written] something that was inspired.
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I'm cheap, and I'm proud of it!
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Once you're done in hip-hop, you're done.
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My father being a Caribbean minister, one day I stole the radio. The radio that I stole, I took it to school, showing off how big this boom box was and how bad I was at the time. Once my father figured out where I left the radio, he then got his belt and he walked me, he beat me all the way to where I had hid the radio, and with the boom box.
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That's the best way to feed the human mind. That's how Bob Marley did it. He never put it in your face. After you got the groove, you were just singing the hooks, because you thought it was cool.
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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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I think the greatest thing about America is the American Dream.
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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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I hear them playing Elvis, they on they way to Graceland. But they don't scare me, I'm in the trunk.
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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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Wyclef is a musician that tried to unite as many musicians at once as possible. I am trying to be successful at that. The greatest challenge is that, I just got arrested for protesting in NYC for cutting the school budgets... And I think that it's important to stand up. Schools are important.
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I'm not going away fast I've been around for a while, and plan to be around for a while more.
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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 lived in a hut with no roof, and I rode to school on a donkey. I used to shoot birds with a slingshot to cook for dinner. Now I prefer to get my food from KFC.
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I decided to do what I do when I was 2 years old. At 2 years old, you know, I heard the sound of a drum playing in the village, and I found my own drum and just picked it up and started playing, the worst song ever written by Wyclef Jean.But it actually started a vibe.
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Keep in mind: true revolution is only seven people, right?
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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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The first thing you must learn is to always treat a man and a woman with total respect and honor, 'cause if you do that, the legacy you will leave behind will be work.
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At the end of the day, just know that God made you, so you can be your own individual, and don't let people give you that peer pressure.
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