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
ground
There are celebrities who have charities, but you don't see them on the ground. Angelina is on the ground doing things.
artist bob calm dance marley middle throw thugs
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.
people records
When I have to make records for people and records for myself, it's two different approaches.
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.
everybody fortunate work
We're fortunate enough to work with everybody when they're just getting started.
figure gotta investing money spent studio time videos
When you're an artist, if you get a 10-year run-some are over 10 years - and you're successful, if you make over $20 million, then you gotta figure the money that you dished out and you spent on videos and studio time and all that stuff, you were just better off investing $4 or $5 million.
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!
violence needs world
All that violence in the world, we need to stop that
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.
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.
made bigs saved
When the Fugees were big, we made a whole lot of money, and what happened was that I saved my money and never spent it.
talent formulas
When you find the talent, it's always raw, and when you put the talent in the formula, you get the Knocks.