Wyclef Jean

Wyclef Jean's bid to run for president of Haiti was denied last Friday (Aug. 20) when his name did not appear on the official list of approved candidates. The 40-year-old musician has not taken the ruling lightly, and in addition to announcing plans to appeal the decision, Wyclef is now accusing Haiti's electoral commission of using "trickery" to exclude him from the race...

Wyclef Jean has announced that he will fight the decision of the Haitian electoral board, which found him ineligible to run for president of the Caribbean country. Despite being disqualified as a potential candidate last week, Jean proclaimed that he will challenge the ruling...

Wyclef Jean's bid for president of Haiti has been denied. According to Reuters, the list of possible candidates, which was released Thursday (August 19), did not include the 40-year-old musician/activist. However, Jean's people claim there has yet to be a final decision on his presidency...

Atlanta rapper Pastor Troy has announced that he is working on a new song in support of Wyclef Jean's presidential bid. Troy is collaborating with an artist named Haitian Fresh on the song. "Haitian Fresh and I are doing a song now called 'Fas a Fas' for Wyclef's campaign for President of Haiti...

Wyclef Jean's attempt to run for the Haitian presidency might be thwarted because of a gaping hole in his residency requirements. Haiti's electoral commission -- also known as the CEP -- will not make its official decision on the candidates who are allowed to run for the Haitian presidency until Friday (Aug...

Running for president of Haiti is proving to be a daunting task for musician/activist Wyclef Jean. After Jean publicly fired back against a New York Times article claiming that he frivolously squandered earnings meant for his non-profit organization, Yele-Haiti, he was forced to go into hiding due to death threats...

Today is a big day for Wyclef Jean. His application to run for the presidency of Haiti is being officially approved or denied, yet with that attention comes more controversial news about loose expenditures coming from the songwriter's Yele-Haiti Foundation...

Wyclef Jean wants to open the voting pool to Haitians who live outside the Caribbean country. Jean, who is running for president of his home country, promised voters that should he be elected he will change the constitution to include dual citizenship for Haitians living abroad...

When news surfaced that Wyclef Jean intended to run for presidential office in Haiti, there was an immediate report published by the Smoking Gun that revealed the former Fugee owed more than $2 million in back taxes. CBS News has now learned Jean is in debt for way more than that initial sum...

In a controversial move, popular rapper/singer Wyclef Jean has announced that he will run for president in Haiti's upcoming election. Though Wyclef said that he felt compelled to run by the people of his earthquake-stricken homeland, he is already facing opposition from a source very close to home; his former partner-in-rhyme in The Fugees and fellow Haitian, Pras Michel...