- Born
- Birth nameNell Wyclef Jean
- Nickname
- Clef
- Height1.80 m
- Wyclef Jean is a Haitian rapper, singer-songwriter, musician and actor.
He first achieved fame as a member of the New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees. Jean has won three Grammy Awards for his musical work.
On August 5, 2010, Jean filed for candidacy in the 2010 Haitian presidential election. The Electoral Commission ruled him ineligible to stand for office, as he had not met the constitutional requirement to have been a resident in Haiti for five years prior to the election.
Jean's efforts at earthquake relief, highly publicized in 2010 throughout Haiti and the United States, were channeled through his charitable organization, Yéle Haiti.
In 2012, Jean published his memoir Purpose: An Immigrant's Story. Along with Carlos Santana, Avicii and Alexandre Pires, Jean was chosen to perform the closing ceremony at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Their single, "Dar um Jeito (We Will Find a Way)", the official World Cup anthem, was released on April 29, 2014.- IMDb mini biography by: Tango Papa
- SpouseMarie Claudinette(December 31, 1994 - present) (1 child)
- Born on the same day as Eminem.
- He is fluent in French.
- With his cousin Pras Michel and Lauryn Hill, formed a group called the Tranzlator Crew before becoming Fugees.
- Made song with WWF Superstar The Rock called "It Doesn't Matter".
- Singer with Fugees.
- One time, Two time . . . ", ad nauseum
- The objective of Yéle Haïti is to restore pride and a reason to hope, and for the whole country to regain the deep spirit and strength that is part of our heritage.
- We showed the world that kids like us could sing passionate songs. We could smile, make love, be happy. Hip-hop didn't have to be about thug life. It could be just about life.
- [on arriving in Port-au-Prince after the earthquake] That day, Haiti was gone and Wyclef Jean was a ghost. I was a man, any man, on a ruined street staring into an abyss.
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