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No matter what I'm goin' through, I could still exist.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
Actor
Film Producer
Human Rights Activist
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Rapper
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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.
Wyclef Jean
The reason why we're warriors is that we rise to the occasion anyone that's felt like the system put them down, and then they rose to the occasion, they're a warrior. It's not about whether you come from the hood or you come from the suburbs, you know what I mean? It's about reality and life.
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Right now I'm trying to help my sister with her school situation, 'cause she's real smart. Besides me, my other brother's a lawyer... my parents stressed education a lot.
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Every generation is gonna keep changing, and you just have to embrace the change.
Wyclef Jean
If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything.
Wyclef Jean
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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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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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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It's important, when you see darkness, to understand that there's light ahead of that, and I'm the living testimony of that, you dig?
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I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.
Wyclef Jean
I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.
Wyclef Jean
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.
Wyclef Jean
I've never really [written] something that was inspired.
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The Wyclef Jean music is eclectic music. Wyclef represents music -eclectic music. I've been doing this music since I was a child, and I said I will refuse for anyone to put me into a box.
Wyclef Jean
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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My battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.
Wyclef Jean
When you find the talent, it's always raw, and when you put the talent in the formula, you get the Knocks.
Wyclef Jean
When I lose touch with the audience and the reality of what life really is, I'll be Vanilla Ice or something.
Wyclef Jean
People often associate raves with drugs, but for me raves are more associated with self-expression.
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I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today
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