Wyclef Jean 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. The charity, which conducted education and welfare activities in Haiti between 2005 and 2010, effectively closed in 2012. It was investigated for failure to file tax returns and mismanagement of funds; a high proportion of its money went to travel and administrative expense. The "New York Times" reported that much of the money raised by the organization in the telethon was retained by Jean for his own benefit. In 2012, Jean published
Wyclef Jean would become available to pre-order on June 22, 2017. In November 2017, Wyclef released his, "Wyclef Jean Inspired By" mixtape. The mixtape features reworks of some of today's most popular records like "Kendrick Lamar's" "DNA." The project also offers up social commentary in the track, "Chain Gang Free "Meek Mill"," features an original song called, "Camels and Ferraris," and also pays tribute to the late "Whitney Houston" on, "Inspired By Whitney." In December 2017, Wyclef along with Naughty Boy appeared on the final of the fourteenth series of "The X Factor", guest performing "Dimelo" with contestants Rak-Su. Rak-Su won and