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
country people
I know country people who have The Carnival.
bounce carnival country matter music
When you go to Carnival every year, you bounce to, you-know the different music that make it to Carnival in Trinidad. It don't matter about the country you're from.
america bring country dream greatest help inspire
I think the greatest thing about America is the American dream. America allows you take that dream and bring it back to your country and help you inspire more people.
country opportunity america
The thing which America allows you to be is it's the country of opportunities.
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?
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.
artist brings gotta loop throw
It's not fake. I don't need to go in the studio, throw in a record, do a loop and put it out. To find an artist, you've gotta find the artist that brings it to you. There has to be a 50/50 balance.
coming growing hard
It was hard in the beginning: coming from Haiti, coming to Brooklyn. I mean, growing up in the projects.
children haiti hurt innocent violence
I want to see the violence in Haiti stopped. Innocent people, innocent children are getting hurt and killed every day.
album caribbean guitar mixed playing rock since style talking
I'm going to do an all-guitar album because I've been playing since I was 13. My Caribbean style mixed with my rock style. I want to do a musicians' album-just the guitar talking with different melodies.
double house kicked led raised
I led a double lifestyle-in the house, I was one way, and out the house, I was another way. Man, the whole house raised hell, then I got kicked out.
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.
king spring
I'm the King of Spring Ting! Without 'Clef you can't have no Spring Ting!
happens matter thirst yesterday
No matter what happens today, yesterday was historical. The only thing that erupted was the thirst to vote.