Wyclef Jean On August 5, 2010, Wyclef confirmed rumors that he was running for president of Haiti during an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer. The journalist questioned the rapper's citizenship qualifications, asking about his passport. "Exclaim!" magazine reported at the time that Jean would retire as chairman of Yéle Haiti. On August 5, Jean formally filed papers as a candidate for the 2010 Haitian presidential election. Wyclef intended to run as a candidate for the Viv Ansanm (Live Together) political party. On August 20, 2010, his bid for candidacy was rejected by Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council. He was turned down because he
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