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
Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival number sixteen on the US "Billboard" 200, selling 52,000 copies in it first week. It also debuted at number four on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album spawned the singles "Gone Till November", "We Trying to Stay Alive", "Guantanamera" and "To All the Girls". On December 16, 1998, the album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over two million copies in the United States. The album also sold over 5 million copies worldwide. Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival The Carnival is the debut album released by Haitian hip hop