March 17, 2005

Why Wyclef Jean Gives Back

(Filed under: Celebrity)

"It comes from the upbringing where your parents tell you over and over 'vanity, vanity, all is vanity' and 'you can't take it with you.' In that upbringing, when they tell you that, you get the message. It makes no sense for me to be in this position and not do something about it."

-Wyclef Jean who wrote and recorded the award winning song "Million Voices" in three days for the Hotel Rwanda soundtrack, on why he feels compelled to give back to his community in New York and Haiti. (Source: Relevant Magazine, March/April 2005)

Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks at 12:58 PM

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