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My battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.

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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All that violence in the world, we need to stop that
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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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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'm hands-on with everything, always trying to reach the real people.
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If you go in the ring and box and you're angry, you're gonna lose the match.
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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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What I'm trying to do is break the genre from what is rap and what is music.
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I always want to know what's wrong with you, why you ain't smiling. That's just my character I just love people and want to see people having a good time.
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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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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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I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today
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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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