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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.

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
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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 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'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid.
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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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All that violence in the world, we need to stop that
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