.-- >>> wycliff jean went solo after the grammy award winning duo the fujis splint in 1997. that is what is the start of an exceptional music career. i recently caught up with jean at the black and golf tennis classic where we discuss touchdown release of his next album and the future plans for his homeland, haiti. >>> wycliff, good to see you. >> you, too, brother. >> before we get into some of the things you've been doing lately, i want to talk to you a little bit about music and one thing, what i think about the fugees, i think about the relatively short time they existed to the world, not in your life, obviously. you all were kicking it before anybody knew it, but the impact that you've had with such a short time. do you ever sit back and think about that? >> no i mean for me i don't really think about that. my godfather of the game is like quincy jones. i think when i'm 50 years into it, i definitely look back at what i do. like the fugees was one impact. i thought, if i had the fugees, then the world probably wouldn't have had the whitney houston, probably wouldn't hav

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