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
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
rap feel-good six-months
Rap records don't make you feel good no more. Six months after release, it can't come back as a classic
crazy feet people
What I picked up on Michael Jackson - because I study people when I watch them - the way that he counts his rhythm with his feet and his neck at the same time is crazy... so he's hearing multiple things at once. And I don't know anybody who does that.
family father mama
Mama, you know you raised me with no father figure. I wanna take this time to thank you, even though I'm doing life.
beautiful nice cities
I like Bergen County because it's nice and quiet. It's beautiful, and I can get to the city way quick.
love peace bob
Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.
funny life should-have
I feel that life is short, so we should be disciplined, but at the same time we should have a good time.
essence hip-hop community
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.
block mind cotton
When I'm rhyming it's all in my head... Like the slaves, when they were picking cotton, they would block out their minds. They would sing.
america reason-why flags
The reason why we love America so much is America is the only place you can actually come in and wave your flag.
school musical band
I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.
growing-up cutting thinking
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.
father war school
Me and my father went through a war period where we wasn't talking. He wanted me to go to theology school - I didn't want to go. I wanted to do music. I told him I was a minister through music.
country mean haiti
Haiti is my country. The same way the Beatles are received in England - that's how Wyclef Jean is received in Haiti, do you know what I mean?