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.

America is a melting pot of immigrants. So actually, if you took all of the immigrants outside of America, you'd be missing a lot of flavor, starting with the food, with the culture, with the dance, with everything.

It will be true work that the kids can follow, as opposed to a facade of you doin' something, and you're doin' nothing.

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

I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today

I decided to do what I do when I was 2 years old. At 2 years old, you know, I heard the sound of a drum playing in the village, and I found my own drum and just picked it up and started playing, the worst song ever written by Wyclef Jean.But it actually started a vibe.

I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.