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WYCLEF JEAN, BAN KI-MOON, BILL CLINTON VISIT HAITI TO RAISE GLOBAL AWARENESS AND NEEDS OF DEVASTATED COUNTRY

WYCLEF JEAN, BAN KI-MOON, BILL CLINTON VISIT HAITI TO RAISE GLOBAL AWARENESS AND NEEDS OF DEVASTATED COUNTRY

Port au Prince, Haiti – Haiti Goodwill Ambassador, Wyclef Jean

arrived in Port au Prince yesterday with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former U.S. President Bill Clinton in an effort to bring worldwide awareness to Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Haiti, which has been hit by a series of devastating storms over the past year, desperately needs help after more than 800 people died and over 1 million people were left homeless or in desperate need of recovery and reconstruction efforts.

Jean, who is from Haiti and has lead in efforts to help rebuild, educate, and create jobs with his Yéle Haiti foundation was invited to accompany the former President and Secretary-General tour the region. “I was honored to show my support when they asked me to join them on this important humanitarian trip which also gave them the opportunity to experience the beauty underneath the devastation my country and its people have had to face. It’s crucial for me to do all I can to raise awareness and help Haiti get through this tough time.”

While in the country, they visited a Yéle sponsored feeding program at a school in Cité Soleil and an education leadership program in Turgeau, met with President René Preval and senior government officials, and a walking tour of Sonapi Industrial Park. Before the three headed off on a plane back to the US, Jean attended a press conference where Clinton and Ban summarized their trip and discussed the Hope II US trade deal which gives Haiti direct access to US markets for apparel without duty; a bill that Jean lobbied for extensively before it was passed.

Also invited on the trip were renowned physician Paul Farmer, who works extensively in the region, Deputy Chairman of the Toronto-Dominion Bank Frank McKenna, and several other business leaders.

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Wyclef Jean – Sweetest Girl Remix video featuring Akon, Lil Wayne & Raekwon

Wyclef Jean – Sweetest Girl Remix video

featuring Akon, Lil Wayne & Raekwon

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Wyclef teams up with Raekwon for Sweetest Girl Remix | Carnival II IN STORES DECEMBER 4th

The hook for the original version of “Sweetest Girl” referenced Wu-Tang Clan’s classic single “C.R.E.A.M.” So it only makes sense that Raekwon hopped on the remix of “Sweetest Girl” with a Wu inspired beat.

NEW AUDIO: “Sweetest Girl” Remix featuring Raekwon, Akon and Lil’ Wayne
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Wyclef Jean – Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) VIDEO BIG BUDGET VERSION

“I’ma tell you like Wu told me / Cash rules everything around me…”

Previously Wyclef released an internet only montage video for “Sweetest Girls” on YouTube. While the internet was going nuts over that, ‘Clef linked up highly acclaimed music video director Chris Robinson to shoot an official version of that same video with guest appearances from Akon and Lil’ Wayne. Now that you’ve seen the no budget version, check out the BIG BUDGET version of “Sweetest Girl”

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Wyclef Jean featuring Lil Wayne and Akon – Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) video

Wyclef Jean featuring Lil Wayne and Akon – Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) video

Wyclef is taking us back to the Carnival! His new album Carnival II (Memoirs of an Immigrant) hits stores November 6. The first single “Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)” features everybody’s favorite featured artists Akon and Lil’ Wayne.

Wyclef: “Lauryn Is Straight Up The Problem”


From the new Scratch:

What’s going on with the Fugees reunion, or lack there of?
WYCLEF: I’m officially Paul McCartney from the Beatles now. If the Fugees wanna come back, and Lauryn wanna come back…you can’t break the format. Don’t come back and be like, “I wanna produce a beat.” That’s like me saying I wanna sing an R&B vocal. When we was working on the album, I was like, [to Lauryn], “You need to do this like this.” [And] she says, “How do you know what’s relevant? I haven’t heard anything from you in the past like three, four years?” The minute she said that I was like, I gotta go back to working.

So what’s ultimately holding you guys back?
Lauryn is straight up the problem, bro. She wants to be a producer. Don’t come telling us how to chop up beats so you can get credit for it.

What makes you think she would take the credit?
We did a remix [with] Lauryn for John Legend, for the record “How High.” John Legend was saying our names. You know what she had [him] do? She was like, “Take off Wyclef and Jerry’s names.” Because she wanted people to think that she was the one doing the beat…I’m a producer and I’m a beatmaker with my cousin Jerry Wonder, and I’m a writer. She’s a writer, a vocalist, [and] a great [vocal] composer. And she’s great at picking out samples—she got 20 billion samples but can’t chop ’em up to save her life.

So she hasn’t made any of the beats she got credit for?
It’s real simple—if you did the beats, where are the beats? Show us one beat that you did. If you bring ’Clef to the studio, put an MP, put an SP, put a bunch of stuff, bring a bunch of cameras [and] say, “Clef, do a beat in two minutes.” The beat’s done! Bring Lauryn Hill in the studio with the same camera, say we give you three hours. Matter fact, fuck it, we’ll give you a month—do a beat. She can’t put it together!

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Kevin Michael feat. Wyclef Jean – “It Don’t Make Any Difference To Me (One Love)” video

Kevin Michael feat. Wyclef Jean – “It Don’t Make Any Difference To Me (One Love)” video