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

I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.

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

I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.

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

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.

My accomplishment has helped millions of kids see that they can come from a poor family and go somewhere, make something out of themselves. Ive been doing it for seven years professionally.