Wyclef Jean

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November 24, 2010
SLIDESHOW - Here are some of those artists who, despite some of their mention of drugs in lyrics and "misdemeanor"…
November 17, 2010
CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS, Haiti (AP) - The rapidly spreading disease is even infecting the presidential campaign, with candidates trying both to protect…
October 25, 2010
In addition to spending $750,000 on media advertising over the next week, Campaign Money Watch will be soliciting the services…
October 19, 2010
OPINION - I certainly think that Trinidad has several other native artists to the island nation without rap sheets and…
September 7, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - The musician remains in the spotlight weeks after Haitian officials denied him the opportunity to run for…
August 26, 2010
OPINION - His candidacy was galvanizing the 20-something generation and many others living in the urban slums where their future…
August 24, 2010
VIDEO - According to the Haitian constitution, only an individual who has had residency in Haiti for five years previous…
August 22, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Speaking to The Associated Press, Jean says lawyers will go to a Haitian court Monday to…
August 21, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The Haitian-American hip-hop star expressed disappointment at the late Friday ruling, but called on his followers to…
August 20, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The rapper has brought sizzle to the election, attracting attention the country hasn't seen since the…
August 20, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - He said he was hopeful that an electoral council weighing his candidacy will rule that he…
August 19, 2010
CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS, Haiti (AP) - Wyclef acknowledged that he has rankled some in Haitian politics by running and added that he…
August 18, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The voting public -- Haiti's most disenfranchised -- see him as a son or a brother, despite…
August 17, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Jean -- one of dozens of candidates vying for the office -- said he was in…
August 16, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The leading candidate by far is Wyclef Jean, hip-hop musician, philanthropist, and roving ambassador for Haiti. But…
August 11, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Politicians in Haiti traditionally speak mainly Creole and French -- the latter for many things being…
August 7, 2010
LEOGANE, Haiti (AP) - The moment he filed his candidacy, Wyclef Jean became the most famous -- and thus potentially…
August 6, 2010
"For those of us in Haiti, he has been a non-presence," Penn said...
August 6, 2010
OPINION - Elect an international star, the logic goes, and the champagne and caviar dreams will follow...
August 6, 2010
SLIDESHOW - The singer ultimately sees himself as an advocate for Haiti's struggling youth...