Wyclef Jean

Killing Him Softly

Wyclef Jean: "Lauryn Hill Led Me to Believe the Baby Was Mine"

Wyclef Jean is baring his soul in the upcoming autobiography, Purpose: An Immigrant's Story. And he's including all the dirty details. For more than a decade, fans of epic rap group The Fugees have been fascinated with the details of the band's demise, the sexual relationship between Lauryn Hill an ... More >>

Cris Cab Talks Pharrell, Wyclef Jean, Big Sean: "I'm Blessed to Work With Those Heavyweights"

How awesome would it be if there were entire orchards of fruit-bearing woody plants with full-grown human females dangling from the branches, instead of apples, oranges, or mangoes? Unfortunately, that's just Crossfade's kinky agri-sexual fantasy. And even though it might seem that local pop-hop cr ... More >>

Pitbull Makes GQ's "Least Influential" List, But Not Ours; Meet Miami's Five Least Influential

​​In the December issue of GQ magazine, our hometown boy Pitbull is the only Miamian to make the list of the "25 Least Influential People Alive." Tim Pawlenty claimed the top spot and others on the list with less clout than the Cuban-American rapper include actress Gwenyth Patrow, deposed E ... More >>

Wyclef Jean at Sun Life Stadium, September 3

via Facebook.com/Wyclef​Wyclef Jean Sun Life Stadium September 3, 2011 Better Than: Being president of Haiti. Or at least, that's what Wyclef tells himself. The last Super Saturday concert I went to after a Florida Marlins game at Sun Life Stadium, the lead singer of KC and The Sunshine Band pul ... More >>

Wyclef Jean at Sun Life Stadium September 3

Wyclef Jean Announced For the Florida Marlins' Final Super Saturdays Concert

​Wyclef Jean is a true renaissance man. His career started with The Fugees. Just think about that fact -- one of the most original, distinct collective voices in hip-hop was only the beginning for this Haitian rapper, producer, and politician. After the trio's second and final album The ... More >>

He Speak Americano

Wyclef Jean: Dirty Dozen 2010

​Each year, New Times puts together a list of the sketchiest politicians and unholiest celebrities and weirdest human beings to call the Magic City home. So who made the filthy cut this year? We're releasing the names one by one ahead of next week's issue, which comes with a full-page illustra ... More >>

Letters from the issue of September 9, 2010

Wyclef Jean can save Haiti; Sean Penn is a loser

Luke goes to bat for the musician.

Sean Penn Doesn't Know Wyclef or What's Good For Haiti

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke goes to bat for Wyclef Jean.Wyclef Jean should have the opportunity to become Haiti's president. He should keep fight ... More >>

Wyclef Jean Protests Election Shutout With an Angry Song Calling Preval "Lucifer"

Via Wyclef's Twitter page.​Shut out of the Haitian presidential race, attacked everywhere for his financial mismanagement, and embroiled in a nasty celebrity feud with Sean Penn, Wyclef Jean is not exactly in a friendly mood these days. So when the Haitian authorities rejected his appeal and ... More >>

Wyclef Jean's Appeal Is Denied, Leaving His Presidential Bid as Dead as the Fugees

​On Wyclef Jean's personal list of "Things That Will Never, Ever Happen" -- including playing a Fugees reunion show with Pras and winning a good taxpayer award from the IRS -- the singer can now add a new entry with some confidence: serving as president of Haiti.The Haitian electoral council ruled ... More >>

Wyclef Jean May Have Wasted Angelina Jolie's Preggers Donation On Carnival Float

​In his young bid to become Haiti's next president, Wyclef Jean has already weathered more criticism than Rick Santorum at a Dan Savage house party. Mostly, he's been hammered for his record running Yéle, his charity, which paid hundreds of thousands in fishy fees to Wyclef himself or his friends ... More >>

Wyclef Jean's First Campaign Video Debuts; Vuvuzelas Are Involved

Wyclef's first campaign pledge: Annoying World Cup horns for all.​Wyclef Jean is still waiting to find out whether he's actually eligible to run for president in Haiti, a nation that doesn't recognize dual citizenship. But that doesn't mean his campaign isn't already in full swing.Jean has release ... More >>

Dew the Right Thing

Former Fugee Pras Endorses Wyclef's Opponent in Haiti Presidential Election

​In exactly what world are we living when the breakup of a hip-hop group leads to drama in a presidential election? Wyclef Jean is running for president of Haiti (which seems like a tough job considering he can barely run his charity, career, or personal finances), and now his former Fugees bandma ... More >>

Ten Musicians Better Than Wyclef Jean to Lead Haiti

adanbouzoua via flickrStrumming his way to the presidency?​His heart seems to be in the right place, but Wyclef Jean's political aptitude is tone deaf.  Don't get us wrong, welcoming President Jean to office would be pretty cool, but he might not exactly know how to help a nation that lost 22 ... More >>

Haitian Presidential Candidate Wyclef Jean Owes the IRS $2.1 Million

​In case you weren't skeptical of Wyclef Jean's soon-to-be official candidacy to become president of poor, earthquake-ravaged Haiti, the Smoking Gun just posted some documents you might want to take a look at. The IRS has hit Jean with $2.1 million in tax liens over the last three years, ... More >>

Wyclef Jean Preparing To Run For President of Haiti

Wyclef Jean for president?​Wyclef Jean is seriously mulling a campaign for president of Haiti. His candidacy was buzzing around political circles in Little Haiti all last week, and then over the weekend, the one-time Fugee confirmed to a Canadian newspaper that he has already filed paperwork ... More >>

Report: Wyclef Jean Paid His Mistress $105,000 Through Yele Haiti Charity

​Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti charity has raised millions of dollars since the earthquake in the singer's home country, but numerous allegations have arisen about how the money has been spent and how the charity has been run.Now the Smoking Gun reports Yele paid $105,000 to Zakiya ... More >>

CBS Evening News and Early Show to Broadcast from South Beach Next Week

​Next week CBS and its Super Bowl crew will invadeMiami and they're bringing their news shows along, and it's a homecoming of sorts for two of the eye network's biggest stars. The shows will also bring live performances to South Beach from Gloria Estefan, Justin Bieber and Wynnona Judd and Wyclef ... More >>

Super Bowl 2010: Hotel 944 Takes Over the Eden Roc Resort Feb. 4 - 7

​For this year's Super Bowl festivities, a four-day, celebrity-filled affair is about to check in to the newly renovated Eden Roc Renaissance Resort under the name of Hotel 944. The party kicks off with a charity event hosted by NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson and his Super Skins partner, Nick Lachey ... More >>

Star Invasion

Wyclef Live From Jacmel Beach, Haiti, Free Concert

Here's our footage of Wyclef live from Haiti back in 2006 for a free concert to 50,000 on Jacmel Beach. The show was sponsored by his foundation, Yéle Haiti.Wyclef admits that his Yéle Haiti organization has made mistakes in the past, but denies that he ever personally profited from them. He has ... More >>

Wyclef Jean Responds to Yéle Haiti Allegations

We reported yesterday about the tax documents uncovered by The Smoking Gun that made Haitian-born musician and producer Wyclef Jean's NGO, Yéle Haiti, seem a bit self-serving. While Yéle Haiti has probably done plenty of good for the impoverish nation, the numbers and circumstances still raises a ... More >>

Wyclef Jean Uses Charity to Get Paid

According to tax documents posted by The Smoking Gun, Wyclef Jean has used Yele for his own gain.​All over Facebook, Twitter, television newscasts, and radio broadcasts, reporters and ordinary folks have been encouraging relatives, friends and anyone who cares to donate $5 to the Yele Haiti ... More >>

Kreyol Rapper Mecca a.k.a. Grimo's Thoughts On TPS for Haitians

Mecca aka Grimo is an American of Haitian descent who raps in English and Kreyol for Wyclef's Sak Pase Records label. Listen above for his interview with Cheryl Mizell on WEDR 99 Jamz's Community Voices show from 6 - 7 am on Saturday.Did you know that Haitians fought in the Siege of Savannah in 17 ... More >>

Cannons and Bayonets

Buggah Da Govannah Tells You Who's Haitian

Buggah D. Govannah (pronounced Governor) has been a fixture in Miami's hip-hop scene for a long time now. Here's an old picture of him with Wyclef. In this segment of Who's Haitian, Buggah gives you some black history, since it's February and all.

Live Kreyol Hip Hop

Buggah D. Govanah, president of On Point Entertainment and Marketing  is sick of bootleg rap shows with bad sound and no production value. He's set out to change that through a benefit for Haiti that's creating a platform for Caribbean artists and artists of Caribbean descent to get together o ... More >>

Wyclef Jean's Foreclosed Mansion up for Auction

Miami's foreclosure fiasco rages on, and its latest victim is a familiar face. Rapper/producer Wyclef Jean took out a $2 million mortgage to purchase and renovate a Miami Beach spread but failed to keep up on payments, according to the Palm Beach Post's Jose Lambiet (who apparently doesn't know mu ... More >>

Wyclef, Kanye West, and N.E.R.D. to perform at the Democratic National Convention

The Party Crasher - Wyclef, John Legend, D. Wade and More Show Love at Art For Life Miami Beach

Snap Your Affection

There’ll be sweet tunes aplenty at Dolphin Stadium today.

Calle of the Wild

You can’t deny the Calle Ocho festival, even if you try.

Feel the Sting

Shakira

"Hips Don't Lie" (Arista)

Fugees

"Take It Easy" (Sony)

SunFest

Funkmaster Flex's Celebrity Car and Bike Show

Dollar Bill and a Dream

Who says Liberty City can't be a live-music mecca?

Acting Ting

Wyclef goes Jamaican on stage and screen

Thug Angel

Wyclef goes to church in North Miami

Best Concert Of The Past Twelve Months

Wyclef Jean

Kulchur

Night & Day

April 15-21, 1999

Night & Day

May 14 - 20, 1998

Rhymes of Passion