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...born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, but raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Newark, N.J. He's a rapper and a singer, an entertainer with an ear to the streets and an eye on the top of the charts. He has written and produced hits for Santana and Whitney Houston and has also worked with Destiny's Child and Sinead O'Connor. "He's like a chameleon," says Melky Jean, Wyclef's sister and frequent supporting vocalist. "He can adapt from rap to pop to country because, growing up, that's what he used to listen to; he never limited himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Wyclef's World | 8/21/2000 | See Source »

...misinformed comments about the movie The Patriot, which is set during the American Revolution [PEOPLE, July 17]. Lee said, "I kept wondering, Where are all the slaves? Who's picking the cotton?" As any schoolboy knows, cotton did not become king in the South until after Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, in early 1793, several years after the events portrayed in the movie. STANLEY W. KANDEBO Newtown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 7, 2000 | 8/7/2000 | See Source »

...Jones (unless you're an art director, in which case you've got their number on speed dial). But if you've picked up Rolling Stone, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, the New York Times Magazine or the hip new business magazine Fast Company, if you've strolled through the Guggenheim or Whitney museum, if you've dutifully filled out the 2000 Census form or watched ESPN, you've seen a sampling of the 500 original typefaces they've designed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Type Design: Way Beyond The Basic ABCs | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

...cases we inserted the songwriter for the sake of cultural advancement, or changed the occasional lapse (that was Whitney Houston who sang "I'll Always Love You," Carol, not Mariah Carey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All-Time Top Ten: The Readers Give Us an Earful | 7/13/2000 | See Source »

...When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge 2. Sweet Dreams - Patsy Cline 3. I'll Always Love You - Whitney Houston 4. Walking After Midnight - Patsy Cline 5. Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis Presley 6. I Did It My Way - Frank Sinatra 7. I'm So Lonesome, I Could Cry - Hank Williams 8. I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt 9. You've Lost That Loving Feeling - Righteous Bros. 10. It's Crying Time Again - Ray Charles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All-Time Top Ten: The Readers Give Us an Earful | 7/13/2000 | See Source »

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