Wyclef Jean on Growing Up in Haiti, Hip-Hop As a Teacher, and Performing With a Goat | Winging It

Winging It With Vince Carter

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Society & Culture, Sports

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Vince and Annie ring in the New Year with Grammy-winning rapper, producer, and songwriter Wyclef Jean, who discusses growing up in Haiti (04:22), sneaking onto the set of an Eric B. & Rakim music video (12:37), and attempting to get an animal mascot for one of the Fugees’ first shows (38:22). Hosts: Vince Carter and Annie Finberg Guest: Wyclef Jean Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's episode of Winging It on the Ringer Podcast Network is brought to you by State Farm.
0:06.0	Just like basketball, the game of life is unpredictable.
0:09.0	Nothing says unpredictable quite like this year's Christmas Day games.
0:13.6	For starters, the 76ers knocked off the top-ranked bucks, but more impressively, the Golden
0:18.7	State Warriors, without all of their stars, beat the Houston Rockets.
0:23.0	And to close out the night, the of course Zion Williamson-less pelicans
0:26.6	took home the win against the Denver Nuggets in Denver.
0:29.6	Get a teammate who can help you navigate the unexpected.
0:32.4	Talk to a State Farm agent today. teammate who can help you navigate the unexpected.
0:32.6	Talk to a State Farm agent today.
0:37.6	Winging It Podcast.
0:40.6	Hello and welcome into Winging It part of the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:46.6	I'm your host Annie Finberg and to my right is Mr Vince Carter.
0:50.4	BC in the house and we are so excited that we have Grammy Award winning Wycliffe with us in the house.
0:57.0	What's up I thought you was going to do the Kill and Me Softy so I could finish this scheme.
1:00.0	Go ahead.
1:01.0	I got a little nervous.
1:02.0	Should we try it again?
1:03.0	Oh, I can't do that.
1:05.0	I was going to say, in killing us softly.
1:07.0	I was going to say, one time, two time.
1:10.0	She had your back.
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