NEWS; Wyclef's Lyrics On Fugees' "The Score" Song "How Many Mics" Inspired By J. Period

By Nemmy Kim.

                            

Exclusive: J. Period says that a conversation he had with Wyclef inspired the rappers lyrics on "How Many Mics."

J. Period says that a conversation he had with Wyclef inspired some of the rapper’s lyrics on “How Many Mics,” a song that appeared on The Score, the Fugees’ multi-platinum 1996 album. 

“Wyclef calls me and explains his whole life story,” J. Period says in an exclusive interview that premiered in the DX Daily today (September 5). “This is before The Score, so nobody knows about the Fugees at this point in time, except they had ‘Mona Lisa’ ['Nappy Heads,' which features the Fugees saying 'Mona Lisa']. He tells me his whole life story. He’s like, ‘I was raised in Crown Heights [Brooklyn]. The Black kids would be like, ‘What’s up, Black?’ The Jewish kids would be like, ‘What’s up, Jew?’ I was like, ‘Well, I’d never heard of that, but you called me, so, OK, cool.’ So basically, the first single of The Score dropped.