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Once we revolutionize the music industry, then we can revolutionize our communities and everything in the world, 'cause what happens is, the communities are listening to the music.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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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'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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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 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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It was important that I became successful. People say they do it for the love, and yes, you do it for the love, but you want to be successful
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Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of fitted suits, elegant cuts I think it's cool to mash up a lot of different looks.
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On Sundays I give the sermons like my dad used to give. I utilize it as a revolutionary tool, as a thinking tool, as a tool where I can recruit people, DM them, and give them information that I feel that they need going forward.
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