I'm hands-on with everything, always trying to reach the real people.

Mama, you know you raised me with no father figure. I wanna take this time to thank you, even though I'm doing life.

What a lot of people don't know is that Wyclef started off as a battle rapper, when he decided that he would rhyme.

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.

What happens is we're all gonna return to dirt, so at the end of the day we're all equal.

For me, before I go on stage, it all depends. Might be a girl, might be an edible, might be a verse, might be somebody mixing something in my drink without me knowing - hopefully that won't happen tonight.

I'm hands-on with everything, always trying to reach the real people.