{"id":75260,"date":"2026-06-04T22:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T22:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wyclef-jean-reveals-on-set-fights-fear-of-water-and-the-making-of-fugees-ready-or-not\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T22:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T22:22:14","slug":"wyclef-jean-reveals-on-set-fights-fear-of-water-and-the-making-of-fugees-ready-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wyclef-jean-reveals-on-set-fights-fear-of-water-and-the-making-of-fugees-ready-or-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyclef Jean Reveals On-Set Fights, Fear of Water and the Making of Fugees\u2019 \u201cReady Or Not\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today, Wyclef Jean and Vevo share a new episode of Vevo Footnotes, going behind the scenes of The Fugees\u2019 defining anthem \u201cReady Or Not\u201d to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of their landmark album The Score. The song became one of the group\u2019s biggest international hits, charting in the Top 10 in more than 15 countries worldwide. Widely considered one of the standout records from The Score, \u201cReady or Not\u201d showed the group\u2019s ability to merge mainstream appeal with a deeper message.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the episode, Wyclef reflects on the making of the song and its music video, which was created before AI and relied on real helicopters, real explosions and physically demanding stunts that he performed himself. He recalls intense moments during the fight scenes that almost dislocated his shoulder, as well as the underwater sequence that had him terrified and secured with clamps due to his inability to swim. He also credits Lauryn Hill for deepening his appreciation of soul music and the Delphonics sample, and shares that he discovered the Enya \u201cBoadicea\u201d sample while watching the movie Sleepwalkers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Fugees - The Making of &amp;apos;Ready Or Not&amp;apos; | Vevo Footnotes\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N6ogHd_rgRk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Fugees - The Making of &amp;apos;Ready Or Not&amp;apos; | Vevo Footnotes\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N6ogHd_rgRk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wyclef also reflects on the Fugees\u2019 identity as more than just a music group and emphasizes their role as a voice for the community. He describes the \u201cReady or Not\u201d video as one of the most fun experiences he ever had, comparing it to The Fugees\u2019 version of \u201cThe Avengers.\u201d Closing the episode, he remembers the Fugees\u2019 philosophy: \u201cWe\u2019re not going to do music.\u201d \u201cWe\u2019re going to be a movement. Because the movement is going to be bigger than the music. So no matter where anybody is in any part of the world, they can feel like they\u2019re part of the movement.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">EPISODE FULL TRANSCRIPT:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">:08 \u2013 Wyclef Jean: Fugees always lived in that space of imagination. And at the time, remember, that\u2019s when everyone was doing these super big videos. And this is like the era before AI. You needed the actual helicopter there. You needed to put them explosives there. I had no stunt man. I did my own stunts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">:35 \u2013 Wyclef Jean: The Delfonics sample, that\u2019s what made the Fugees amazing. That\u2019s straight up Lauryn Hill. She\u2019s just amazing. She literally put me up on soul music. I think that that was her genius. I have my genius in doing the beats and sampling freaking Enya out of Ireland. And she\u2019s singing Delfonics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1:05 \u2013 Wyclef Jean: I remember the guy that I was fighting. Those guys were real fighters. I almost dislocated my arm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1:20 \u2013 Wyclef Jean: I don\u2019t have a favorite line. I just love my verse. The expression of yourself and being able to just tell y\u2019all what\u2019s really going down in the community. That was it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1:45 \u2013 Wyclef Jean: With the Fugees, there\u2019s always two parts to it: we love to entertain, but at the same time there\u2019s always a sub-message. The group Fugees is short for refugees. It was just the idea of anything or anybody that needed a sense of comfort, refuge, or didn\u2019t have a voice to speak, that we\u2019d be there for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2:30 \u2013 Wyclef Jean: This was the most fun I\u2019ve ever had. I think the three of us could have been like action figures. So \u201cReady Or Not\u201d was just like our version of, like, The Avengers, you know what I\u2019m saying?<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<a title=\"Hip-Hop hats, buckets, snapbacks, beanies.\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64516 size-full\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64516 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2:50 \u2013 Wyclef used an Akai MPC60 to sample Enya\u2019s \u201cBoadicea.\u201d He came across the track while watching the 1992 film \u2018Sleepwalkers.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3:15 \u2013 Wyclef Jean: As far as the video, I was terrified. Because at the time I couldn\u2019t swim and the director was like, going to put me in the water. And I was like, \u201cyo, I ain\u2019t going in the water.\u201d He put me in the water! I was so terrified. They had to put clamps on me. So if I gave a signal, they could just pull me back up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3:45 \u2013 Wyclef Jean: One thing I always remember and these words echo \u2018til today, \u201cWe\u2019re not going to do music.\u201d \u201cWe\u2019re going to be a movement. 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