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Nel Ust Wyclef Jean (/ˈwaɪklɪf ˈʒɒn/; born on October 17, 1969), better known by his professional name Wyclef Jean, is a Haitian rapper, musician and actor. At the age of nine, Jean immigrated as a child to the United States with his family and settled there. He first achieved fame as a member of the New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees. Jean has won three Grammy Awards for his musical work.
On August 5, 2010, Jean filed for candidacy in the 2010 Haitian presidential election. The Electoral Commission ruled him as ineligible to stand for office, as he had not met the constitutional requirement to have been resident in Haiti for five years.
Jean's efforts at earthquake relief, highly publicized in 2010 throughout Haiti and the United States, were channeled through his charitable organization, Yéle Haiti. The charity, which conducted education and welfare activities in Haiti between 2005 and 2010, effectively closed in 2012. It was investigated for failure to file tax returns and mismanagement of funds; a high proportion of its money went to travel and administrative expense. The New York Times reported that much of the money raised by the organization in the Hope for Haiti Now telethon was retained by Jean for his own benefit.
In 2012 Jean published his memoir Purpose: An Immigrant’s Story. Along with Carlos Santana, Avicii and Alexandre Pires, Jean was chosen to perform the closing ceremony at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Their single, 'Dar Um Jeito' ('We Will Find a Way'), the official World Cup anthem, was released on April 29, 2014.
Discography Main article: Wyclef Jean discography
1997: The Carnival 2000: The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book 2002: Masquerade 2003: Greatest Hits 2003: The Preacher's Son 2004: Welcome to Haiti: Creole 101 2006: Ghosts of Cité Soleil (soundtrack)[86] 2007: Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant 2009: From the Hut, To the Projects, To the Mansion 2010: If I Were President: My Haitian Experience 2017: J'ouvert 2017: Carnival III: The Fall and Rise of a Refugee
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