According to an unnamed member of Haiti’s provisional electoral council, Fugee founder and hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean has been deemed ineligible to run for his country’s presidency. Jean, who no longer lives in Haiti, had announced his intent to run last month, stirring excitement among the country’s disillusioned youth.
Musician and native Haitian Wyclef Jean, who also represents one-third of the Fugees himself, is pondering a bid to become Haiti’s next president. Jean, who made pleas for his homeland after last winter’s earthquake ... (continued)