Wyclef Jean Shares Thoughts On Modern Dancehall Lyrics
Wyclef Jean, the Haitian rapper whose infectious rhymes helped propel Fugees into the mainstream, has weighed in on the debate about the nature of lyrics being spewed in modern Dancehall music.
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