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
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