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 their debut album, entitled "55", released in March 2016. Jean featured on the Young Thug song "Kanye West", from the rapper's mixtape "Jeffery", released in August 2016. Wyclef wrote an autobiography entitled "Purpose: An Immigrant's Story" with the help of journalist Anthony Bozza, published in September 2012. On May 17, 2016, Wyclef released his first song in two years, which gave hints to a new album release. A month later on June 17, he released a new song called Hendrix, and later released a short film featuring Michael K. Williams. He then did many interviews teasing that his new J'ouvert