Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jeanelle Jean is a Haitian rapper, musician and actor. At the age of nine, Jean moved to the United States with his family and has spent much of his life there. He first achieved fame as a member of the acclaimed New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees. Jean won three Grammy Awards for his musical work...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth17 October 1969
CountryUnited States of America
album beat commercial conscious culture depth hear nighttime radio stops vibe
I sequenced the album like a radio station. Around midday, you'll hear more of the commercial hip-hop stuff. When the nighttime comes, you'll hear more of the depth of the records, when the beat stops and we get into the culture and the conscious vibe and the reggae.
america coming haiti kids life script turns
Right now, we're working on a script for my life story and two kids coming from Haiti to America. One turns out to be a musician, one is a gangster. That's all I can say.
anyone deal man problems
Preval is probably the man who can deal with those problems better than anyone else.
clothes house pull rhythm run since somehow
They said somehow I used to run out of the house and while the Carnival's passing, with no clothes on, and I'm jigging my body, they used to come and pull me in. They said that ever since I was little, I always had the rhythm in me.
connection earth mystery natural sort tune whoever
You never really know how you come to the earth, it's really a mystery, and when you leave, it's sort of a mystery too-but somehow, whoever you're a part of, you have a natural connection with them, and if you tune in, you can tell if they're still here or they're not.
definitely emotional heart plane touched
Definitely when I got on the plane to go back to Haiti, it was an emotional thing for me. It definitely touched my heart when I landed. I cried.
child filled growing haiti heart katrina lost loved power tears victims wrath
As a child growing up in Haiti I experienced the wrath and destructive power of hurricanes. My heart is filled with tears for the victims and all those who have lost loved ones in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
forward kids listen listening moving music toward using
The way that we're moving forward toward music, it's all about using music together. We have hip-hop, we have rock, (but) all the kids now, we all listen to the same thing. If you're listening to rock, you're listening to rap.
brad connection connects conversation describe kids love share
The way that I could describe Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, it was just glowing. What connects them is that they share the same goals. They love kids and that is just a connection right there. When you love kids the conversation is endless. It's forever.
country people
I know country people who have The Carnival.
album basically realized vibe
I realized you always have to go back to the roots. My vibe for this album was basically here, Brooklyn, and Jersey.
bob duty future moving picked toward type vibe
I picked up that whole vibe, and I'm moving toward the future with it: the vibe of Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Curtis Mayfield, that type of thing. Because I'm a musician. I think that my duty is to put out music.
losing therapy
I had to make this album. It was my therapy after losing my dad. If I didn't have music, I'd probably be strung-out somewhere.
king spring
I'm the King of Spring Ting! Without 'Clef you can't have no Spring Ting!