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Wyclef Jean Biography

Nel Ust Wyclef Jean (/ˈwaɪklɪf ˈʒɒn/; born on October 17, 1969), better known by his professional name Wyclef Jean, is a Haitian rapper, musician and actor. At the age of nine, Jean immigrated to the United States with his family and settled there. He first achieved fame as a member of the New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees. Jean has won three Grammy Awards for his musical work.

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My grandfather was a voodoo priest. A lot of my life dealt with spirituality. I can close my eyes and remember where I come from.

Eye, Grandfather, Life, Priest, Spirituality, Voodoo

All that violence in the world, we need to stop that

Needs, Stop, Violence, World

I lived in a hut with no roof, and I rode to school on a donkey. I used to shoot birds with a slingshot to cook for dinner. Now I prefer to get my food from KFC.

Bird, Dinner, Donkey, Kfc, School

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.

Bigs, Happened, Made, Money, Whole

It's important, when you see darkness, to understand that there's light ahead of that, and I'm the living testimony of that, you dig?

Darkness, Important, Light, See

My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason; I was raised with a lot of studies.

Daddy, Grandfather, Mason, Studies, Uncles, Voodoo

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.

Block, Cotton, Mind, Picking, Sing

My dad was in the hood, he was a minister, and he would always put churches in the ghetto.

Church, Dad, Ghetto, Hood

There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.

Artist, Bob, Hip Hop, Pieces, Snatch, Totally

When you're talkin' about a great man, you're not talking more than one person. It's not about how many people are followin' you, it's about the fact that you're a great man, that's all it's about.

Fact, Men, People, Person, Talking

The reason why we love America so much is America is the only place you can actually come in and wave your flag.

Actually, America, Flags, Reason, Reason Why

I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.

Band, Influences, Matter, Musical, School

Right now I'm trying to help my sister with her school situation, 'cause she's real smart. Besides me, my other brother's a lawyer. . . my parents stressed education a lot.

Besides, Brother, Education, Lawyer, Real, Smart

In the beginning I had women problems, 'cause you know, I represent for the guys. But I was actin' a fool, whilin' out. I'm not sayin' I don't while out anymore. I'm not gonna lie to you.

Beginning, Fool, Guy, Lying, Sayin, Women

I like Bergen County because it's nice and quiet. It's beautiful, and I can get to the city way quick.

Beautiful, Bergen, Cities, City, Nice

Every generation is gonna keep changing, and you just have to embrace the change.

Change, Changing, Embrace, Generation, Generations, Gonna

I know that the nice shines I have on is going to pass. The nice cars will pass. All that will stay is the music and the work. That's where I get the inspiration to help people out and work

Inspiration, Music, Nice, People, Stay, Work

I think it's cool to do stuff in a different language. Basically, I learned English through listening to rap. A lot of people think it's funny. But it's true; I used to try to get the accents.

Accents, Cool, People, Rap, Thinking

For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way.

Everybody, Needs, Somebody, Stuff, Way

I want people to experience what it's like being from Haiti, coming to America, being Wyclef - multicultural, multilingual.

America, Haiti, Multilingual, People

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