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
smile character people
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.
going-away plans
I'm not going away fast; I've been around for a while, and plan to be around for a while more.
hip-hop today hips
I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today
challenges grain
I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.
country mean years
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.
no-excuses projects huts
I come from a hut, from a hut I went to the projects, from the projects I went to a mansion so you out there you have ABSOLUTLY NO EXCUSE!
country opportunity america
The thing which America allows you to be is it's the country of opportunities.
america missing melting
America is a melting pot of immigrants. So actually, if you took all of the immigrants outside of America, you'd be missing a lot of flavor, starting with the food, with the culture, with the dance, with everything.
violence needs world
All that violence in the world, we need to stop that
father school one-day
My father being a Caribbean minister, one day I stole the radio. The radio that I stole, I took it to school, showing off how big this boom box was and how bad I was at the time. Once my father figured out where I left the radio, he then got his belt and he walked me, he beat me all the way to where I had hid the radio, and with the boom box.
dream thinking america
I think the greatest thing about America is the American Dream.
proud
I'm cheap, and I'm proud of it!
generations labels records
My first record wasn't even with the Fugees. I was signed to Big Beat Records, so I was signed back in 1989 to the label that the Knocks are on now. You can always tell which generation had the pulse based on how they see things.
successful people important
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