Celebrating Wyclef’s Failure? Denied Haiti Ballot Spot

August 21st, 2010

Haitian born, New Jersey and Brooklyn raised Wyclef Jean earlier this month filed for and announced his run for president of his native country. Though having left when he was 9, he’s been very active in philanthropic and community work there for years. In 2007 he was officially named Haiti’s roving ambassador by current President [...]

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Response To Village Voice Bashing of Wyclef and Yele Donors

January 21st, 2010

Zach Baron of the Village Voice’s website took aim at Yele Haiti, and it’s founder Wyclef Jean on Tuesday after the organizations Monday press conference to respond to media reporting and innuendo regarding the organizations handling of it’s finances.
Here’s the gist of the piece:
This is pretty much the exact modern fable of technology and [...]

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