August 23, 2010 - Haitian elections officials announced Friday night (8/20) that hip-hop star Wyclef Jean is ineligible to run for president of the Caribbean nation, but Jean plans to fight the ruling.
August 6, 2010 - After confirming in the media earlier this week his intentions to run, hip-hop star/philanthropist Wyclef Jean made official on Thursday (8/5) his bid for the presidency of his native country, the desperate Caribbean nation of Haiti.
August 4, 2010 - Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean confirmed this week in various interviews that he'll be running for president of his native Haiti. The earthquake and poverty ravaged Caribbean nation will elect a new president on Nov. 28.
July 27, 2010 - Wyclef Jean has filed all the necessary paperwork required for a presidential run in his native Haiti this November, according to the Christian Science Monitor website.
February 8, 2010 - "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief" will distribute to six beneficiaries the first installment of funds raised by the Jan. 22 telethon.
February 2, 2010 - BET Networks will host a Haitian benefit concert and telethon Feb. 5 that will feature performances by Wyclef Jean, Mary J. Blige, Ne-Yo, Ludacris and Justin Bieber, among many others.
January 25, 2010 - "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief" has raised more than $58 million, which is a new record for donations made by the general public through a disaster-relief telethon, according to MTV News. The $58 million does not include donations by corporations and large private donors, or iTunes sales figures.
January 19, 2010 - The music industry has been quick to respond to last week's devastating earthquake in Haiti, with reports of benefits, auctions and charity efforts pouring in from around the world.
January 15, 2010 - Haitian native Wyclef Jean will be among the artists to participate in a massive global telethon next week that aims to raise funds for victims of this week's devastating earthquake.
October 20, 2009 - Wyclef Jean's memoir, which he is writing with bestselling author and Rolling Stone writer Anthony Bozza, will be published by It Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, according to a press release.
Haitian elections officials announced Friday night (8/20) that hip-hop star Wyclef Jean is ineligible to run for president of the Caribbean nation, but Jean plans to fight the ruling.
