Wyclef Jean Wyclef Jean Nel Ust Wyclef Jean (; born on October 17, 1969) is a Haitian rapper, musician and actor. At the age of nine, Jean emigrated to the United States with his family. 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
Death of a Pop Star comes in to renegotiate your recording contract; that's where you have the power to not only move things musically, but to move things socially." The recording sessions for "Death of a Pop Star" took place from 2009 to 2010 at Bright Lady Studios in Raleigh, North Carolina and Premier Studios in New York City. Primarily produced by 9th Wonder, the ten-track album was mixed by Neal Pogue and Pat Viala. David Banner provided additional production, along with Warryn Campbell for The Machine, Chris "THX" Goodman for Banner Beats, and E. Jones—a lead producer of 9th Wonder's production team, The Soul