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Wyclef Jean - Superstar status
Haitian born, Wyclef Jean, is a world renowned artist, songwriter, producer,
Good Will Ambassador and activist through his Yelé Haiti foundation. He began
his career as a member of the The Fugees. Their classic release, The Score,
sold over 18 million copies worldwide and certified the trio as international
superstars.
Jean then began his solo career with 1997's platinum plus album The Carnival
Featuring the Refugee All-Stars. Wyclef went on to work with diverse artists
including Santana, Destiny's Child, and Mick Jagger. Recently, he produced
"Hips Don't Lie", a Grammy®-nominated duet with Shakira. The track broke the
record for the most amount of airplay in the history of Billboard magazine's
airplay tracking.
Good Will Ambassador and activist through his Yelé Haiti foundation. He began
his career as a member of the The Fugees. Their classic release, The Score,
sold over 18 million copies worldwide and certified the trio as international
superstars.
Jean then began his solo career with 1997's platinum plus album The Carnival
Featuring the Refugee All-Stars. Wyclef went on to work with diverse artists
including Santana, Destiny's Child, and Mick Jagger. Recently, he produced
"Hips Don't Lie", a Grammy®-nominated duet with Shakira. The track broke the
record for the most amount of airplay in the history of Billboard magazine's
airplay tracking.
Wyclef Jean and his adopted daughter - Angelina posing for GAP
The Grammy® Award winner returns to Columbia
Records to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of his
first solo album with The Carnival II: Memoirs of an
Immigrant, which is slated for release on December
4, 2007. From Sony BMG Music Entertain...
The son of a minister, Nelust Wyclef Jean was born
in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, on October 17, 1972.
When he was nine, his family moved to the
Marlborough projects in Brooklyn, NY; by his teenage
years, Jean had moved to New Jersey, taken up the
guitar, and begun studying jazz through his high
school's music department. In 1987, he also joined a
rap group with his cousin Prakazrel Michel (aka Pras)
and Michel's high-school classmate Lauryn Hill.
Read more>>>
Records to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of his
first solo album with The Carnival II: Memoirs of an
Immigrant, which is slated for release on December
4, 2007. From Sony BMG Music Entertain...
The son of a minister, Nelust Wyclef Jean was born
in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, on October 17, 1972.
When he was nine, his family moved to the
Marlborough projects in Brooklyn, NY; by his teenage
years, Jean had moved to New Jersey, taken up the
guitar, and begun studying jazz through his high
school's music department. In 1987, he also joined a
rap group with his cousin Prakazrel Michel (aka Pras)
and Michel's high-school classmate Lauryn Hill.
Read more>>>
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