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

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" I really have fans that are from 14 or 15 years old to 60. "

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" 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? "