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
annoys definitely line sneakers
Being a New Yorker, you get there and you take your sneakers off, you're cooperating, but man, that line be long! I mean, you do definitely want to be safe, but at the same time, it annoys you sometimes, 'cause you just want to get to where you want to get to.
king spring
I'm the King of Spring Ting! Without 'Clef you can't have no Spring Ting!
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.
coming growing hard
It was hard in the beginning: coming from Haiti, coming to Brooklyn. I mean, growing up in the projects.
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The last rocker out of Jersey was Bon Jovi, right? You haven't seen some new young blood.
pick sponge tough
He rules, he's real tough when it comes to business. I'm like a sponge right now. I know I can pick up things from him.
country people
I know country people who have The Carnival.
kid sounds
That's this new kid Governor, he sounds just like Marvin Gaye. And he's like only 23. We have another kid, Prolific.
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When you're in the Caribbean, you're having the best time, you're hearing a lot of beats and rhythms that you don't hear in New York sometimes, 'cause then you come back and it's snowing.
beats forgot
You all know I can play the guitar, you all know I can sing, but what you all forgot is these are all the beats that I come from.
chess conflicts
You get conflicts all of the time. But you have to know how to play the chess game. We come with results, and we come with solutions.
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When you throw on a Bob Marley record, it's nothing but lighters up in the air. All the thugs in the dance are just going calm down. I don't know no other artist that you can throw in the middle of a dance like that.
ground
There are celebrities who have charities, but you don't see them on the ground. Angelina is on the ground doing things.
everybody fortunate work
We're fortunate enough to work with everybody when they're just getting started.