Wyclef Jean his family and others connected to Jean. In 2010, the year of the earthquake in Haiti, Yéle spent more than $9 million - with half of it going to travel expenses by Jean and his entourage, consultants' fees and real estate fees. The charity has been the subject of lawsuits in Haiti for unpaid debts. Jean has supported politicians in Haiti. In 2011 he told "Women's Wear Daily" that he was "a big fan of Sarah Palin", former vice-presidential candidate of the Republican Party. It was reported erroneously that Jean would be attending the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa.
Wyclef Jean The Black Eyed Peas) was released in the UK in conjunction with Wyclef's involvement with UK MOTOROKRSTAR (which sees Motorola UK on the search to discover British talent). Jean released a song with Serj Tankian called "Riot". In 2009, he was featured on the song "Spanish Fly" with Ludacris and Bachata group Aventura included on Aventura's album "The Last", released in June. On June 17, 2009, Wyclef announced via Twitter that his new album would be called "wyclefjean" and was to be released sometime in February 2010. The first single from "wyclefjean" was to be titled "Seventeen" and feature Lil