Wyclef Jean

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August 5, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - "It's a moment in time and in history," Jean told The Associated Press as he went…
August 5, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Jean helped found Yele Haiti five years ago to raise money and build awareness of the…
August 4, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Another potential powerhouse emerged Wednesday in the race for Haiti's presidency as the ruling party nominated…
August 4, 2010
OPINION - There are no guarantees that Wyclef will qualify for Haiti's byzantine election laws. Still no other candidate is…
August 4, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Samuel Jean, said the Haitian-American family was going into the process with its eyes open and…
August 3, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Jean spokeswoman Cindy Tanenbaum said the singer would make an announcement Thursday night in Haiti but…
July 30, 2010
SLIDESHOW - Inspired by Wyclef's potential presidential run, here are theGrio's picks for performers who should give politics a try...
July 27, 2010
OPINION - Wyclef would be making the biggest mistake of his life by entering the most impossible situation in the…
July 26, 2010
An anonymous source has ignited the rumor mill that Wyclef Jean is going to announce his candidacy for President of…
July 8, 2010
Wyclef Jean: 'Now the effort needs to change from relief to business, because if you don't have a country where…
June 15, 2010
SLIDESHOW - theGrio tracks the evolving relationship between the elites of rap and politics over the decades, here are the…
May 27, 2010
Grammy Award-winning artist and philanthropist Wyclef Jean was awarded an honorary doctorate on May 23 from Western Connecticut State University…
May 14, 2010
VIDEO - "You have a population which is still suffering and in need of aid," says Wyclef Jean...
April 29, 2010
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - "If we're going to get to the 21st century, I don't know how we're…
March 16, 2010
Wyclef Jean's Yéle Haiti, a nonprofit organization that has delivered water and supplies to the earthquake-ravaged country, is under fire…
February 19, 2010
Yele Haiti, Wyclef Jean's troubled charity, will get just $1 million, or 2.8%, of the more than $35 million raised…
February 15, 2010
"We Are the World: 25 for Haiti," the all-star remake of the classic 1985 charity single, premiered on Friday night…
February 6, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Long before the Haiti earthquake, Wyclef Jean was lifting his native land up...
January 29, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Proceeds will aid organizations including Jean's Yele Haiti, CARE, Project Medishare and Children's Safe Drinking Water...
January 27, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Nielsen SoundScan said Wednesday that the compilation CD of performances from last week's charity telethon sold…