Wyclef's Presidential Run Comes to EP, Plus Exclusive Live Performance - Singersroom.com

 Wyclef Jean will release a new six song EP dubbed, ‘If I Were President: My Haitian Experience,’ on Tuesday, December 7, 2010. The set is led by the single "Election Time," a provocative new universal song written in the wake of Wyclef's recent attempt to run for president in Haiti and “Haitian Experience,” which Wyclef performed live for Singersroom (below).

Brown University Names Wyclef Jean A Fellow In Department of Africana Studies

The former Fugees front-man goes Ivy League, with an appointment to Brown's Africana Studies department.

Emcee, singer and producer Wyclef Jean has been named a fellow to the Ivy League's Brown University today. The prestigious Rhode Island university appointed the former front-man for The Fugees to their Department of Africana studies.
Jean has said that he hopes to devote the department's attention to Haiti, and contribute to other areas of study. Previously, Wyclef received an honorary doctorate from Western Connecticut State University, as well as honors from another Ivy League school, Boston's Harvard, University.

Wyclef Still Planning To Become Haiti's President

Despite recent setbacks, Wyclef plans on realizing his dream to preside over Haiti This summer Wyclef announced his intentions to run for President of Haiti. Not long after, authorities claimed he was not eligible to run because he did not meet all the requirements. The Fugees frontman had planned on appealing the ruling but decided not to. It looks as though this was only a temporary setback for 'Clef, ABC reports that he plans on running for office in the 2015 elections. "I'm not a quitter, and the most important thing for me is, I think, to move Haiti forward, it's gonna take modern thinking. So, if all goes well, I plan to definitely come back in five years and give it another shot."
Wyclef was declared ineligible because Presidential candidates must have lived in Haiti within the past 5 years.

Wyclef Jean Disses Sean Penn, Pras

Wyclef Jean has wasted no time responding to those critical of his presidential bid in Haiti.

When Wyclef Jean announced that he would be runnning for the presidential postition in Haiti, neither actor Sean Penn nor  fellow ex-Fugee Pras reacted warmly to the news.
Durin Hot 97's On The Reggae Tip concert, Wyclef took the opportunity to respond by switiching up the lyrics to his 2004 song, "President."
"I got a message for Sean Penn / Maybe he ain't see me in Haiti because he was too busy sniffing cocaine," sang Jean to applause. "I got a message for Praswell, even though you don't want to support me / I got love for you, even though you only kicked 8 bars in the Fugees."
Sean Penn told CNN last month that Wyclef is a "non-presence" in the country, and that he was concerned about the Hip Hop artist's motives for running for office.