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The School of Greatness

457 Wyclef Jean: The Making of Greatness in Music & Life

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Mindset, Relationships, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Education, Greatness, Fitness, Celebrity, Health, Inspiration, Success, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Business, Money, Self Care, Celebrity Interview

4.822K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2017

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

"Music is a vibration before a language." - Wyclef Jean If you enjoyed this episode, check out show notes, video, and more at http://lewishowes.com/457

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0:00.0

This is episode number four five seven with multi-planned amartist why cleft John

0:07.8

Welcome to the school of greatness my name is Lewis Howe's former pro athlete turn lifestyle entrepreneur in each week

0:15.8

We bring you an inspiring person or message to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness

0:22.9

Thanks for spending some time with me today now let the class begin

0:30.6

Welcome everyone today to our interview with why clave John

0:37.4

I am so pumped right when why clave walked in the studio

0:40.8

He sold that I had some on it kettlebells and we started to do a little workout together

0:45.6

He lifted like a hundred pound kettlebell. I had like a fifty pounder and he was a machine

0:50.2

Then he went into play some music we talked about jazz we wrapped out about the jazz world

0:55.8

And talked about my brother and his experience in jazz and man

1:00.1

We set this up for an incredible experience for you

1:03.8

I'm super pumped for you to to dive in to listen and to wrap your mind around what you're about to hear

1:09.5

For those who don't know who why cleft John is he is a lyricist singer musician producer poet songwriter and

1:15.5

What I just learned about him. He's a

1:17.9

Calistinics champion as well now the music that why cleft has written performed and produced both

1:23.2

It's a solo superstar and as a founder and guiding member of the Fuji's has been a consistently powerful pop cultural force for over two decades

1:32.7

In 1996 the Fuji's released their monumental album the score and that album

1:38.6

Why cleft created in studio in his uncle's basement in New Jersey and it hit number one on the Billboard charts

1:45.4

spawned a tree of smash singles and is now certified six times platinum

1:50.3

But what I love about why cleft is he was a child progy with a wealth of musical influences from jazz to classical rock to reggae

1:58.9

And he resisted the pressure to duplicate the same sound and style of that master work with the Fuji's and said

2:05.4

He's launched himself as a producer and solo artist whose work drew from an innovative and eclectic

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