Wyclef biography, Wyclef discography
Wyclef Jean performing at a UNAIDS concert.Nelust Wyclef Jean on October 17, 1972) is a Haitian American musician, producer and member of the hip hop trio The Fugees.Montclair State University, New Jersey turned fashion designer.He mentioned on his appearance on the Tyra Banks show that she was named Angelina simply for the fact that she was an angel.Jean has been a resident of Saddle River, New Jersey.In its second year of operation, it is almost doubling the amount of the scholarships and spreading them throughout Haiti, providing tuition in 5 regions.Stars (generally called The Carnival).The album was a hit, as were two singles: "We Trying to Stay Alive" (adapted from The Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive") and "Gone Till November" (recorded with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra).At the concert Woodstock 1999, Jean paid homage to 1969 Woodstock performer Jimi Hendrix by setting fire to his guitar after playing "The Star Spangled Banner", and burnt his fingers while doing so.Jean's second solo album, released in 2000, was The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book.Hop Act at the 2000 MTV Europe Music Awards.Jean's third album, Masquerade, was released in 2002.Creole 101) (released in the United States by Koch Records).Most of its songs are in his native language of Haitian Creole.He also covered Creedence Clearwater Revival's song "Fortunate Son" for the soundtrack of the 2004 film remake of The Manchurian Candidate and wrote the song Million Voices for the film Hotel Rwanda.During a period between 2004 and 2006 and fueled by a reunion performance in Dave Chappelle's Block Party, it appeared that the Fugees were on track to record a new album, however Fugees member Pras claims to Billboard "To put it nicely, it's dead."Here she is, blessed with a gift, with the opportunity to rock and give and she's running on some bulls**t?Right now, Wyclef released a new song called Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) featuring Lil' Wayne, Niia, and Akon, which references the song C.Haiti is to restore pride and a reason to hope, and for the whole country to regain the deep spirit and strength that is part of our heritage".Yele Haiti was created in October 2004 with Wyclef's cousin Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis and humanitarian experts Sanjay Rawal and Natabara Rollosson.Appeared on the The Apprentice (US Season 4) in 2005.In 2004, Jean, Pras and Hill reunited as The Fugees for an event filmed and released in 2006 as Dave Chappelle's Block Party.Eventually, he runs away and seeks police assistance, but is instead arrested for violating his contract and ultimately winds up in jail.In 2005, he played the role of a Jamaican drug dealer in the movie Dirty.He has appeared and performed on the Source Awards with DJ Khaled, with Wyclef and his band and Khaled doing turntables.His character is a cab driver named Emmett Ducasse.Wyclef also has an original track that is the closing credits first song.The Carnival (with Pras and Lauryn Hill) (Columbia, 1997)
The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book (Columbia, 2000)
Masquerade (Columbia, 2002)
The Preacher's Son (J, 2003)
Greatest Hits (Columbia, 2003)
Welcome to Haiti: Creole 101 (Koch, 2004)
Carnival Vol.Blender Magazine Online, February 2007.This page was last modified on 21 April 2008, at 18:22.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.For the singer, see Wyclef Jean.People
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years of success, the group dissolved.Fugees reunion, it became clear
Wyclef would remain solo.Child, Whitney Houston (My Love is
Your Love) and Carlos Santana (Maria).He first entered the spotlight in 1993 with the release of the Fugees debut album, Blunted On Reality.Lauryn Hill, and Clefs cousin Prakazrel Pras Michel.Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (Killing Me Softly) and Best Rap Album.Video, Wyclef negatively spoke about the movie How Stella Got Her Groove Back (for which he a contributed a song on the soundtrack): "I was saddened and offended to see my country (Haiti) used as a brunt of an AIDS joke in the movie...AIDS is a crisis and not a...An enigmatic performer, Wyclef plays several instruments on stage while rapping in English, Creole, Spanish and even Japanese."Are you sure you want to unblock this user?""Are you sure you want to block this user?""Error while processing your request."Lead Fugees rapper and sometime guitarist Wyclef Jean was the first member of his group to embark on a solo career, and he proved even more ambitious and eclectic on his own.Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) (Live)
Wyclef brings some of Haiti's heat to his Tila Tequila's New Year's Eve Masquerade 2008 performance.Wyclef's undercover and running from the feds on his quest to prove he's an American too.Lead Fugees rapper and sometime guitarist Wyclef Jean was the first member of his group to embark on a solo career, and he proved even more ambitious and eclectic on his own.Whitney Houston, Santana, and Destiny's Child, among many others.Bouquets, Haiti, on October 17, 1972.Initially calling themselves the Tranzlator Crew, they evolved into the Fugees, a name taken from slang for Haitian refugees.Wyclef Jean was the first Fugee to declare plans for a solo project, setting to work soon after the group completed its supporting tours.Stars) was even more musically ambitious than The Score.O'Connor, Mick Jagger, and Canibus.Clef also served as Canibus' manager for a short time in 1998; prior to their split, a report surfaced that Wyclef had pulled a gun on Blaze editor Jesse Washington over a negative Canibus review the magazine was slated to run (Wyclef vehemently denied the accusation, and no charges were filed).The Score was in sight seemed to lend credence to all the speculation.Although Wyclef had previously announced he would put off his sophomore effort until after the next Fugees album, he was well into the project by early 2000, giving an early release the antipolice brutality track "Diallo" (with guest vocals from Senegalese superstar Youssou N'Dour) via the Internet.Besides N'Dour, guests this time around included Mary J.Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here."This time around, some critics suggested that Wyclef's sprawling ambitions were growing messy, but the record went platinum nonetheless.Shortly after its release, he also started up his own record label, Yclef.With no Fugees reunion in sight, Wyclef began preparing his third solo album, Masquerade, in 2001; he also appeared in the Jamaican gangster flick Shottas, and, sadly, suffered the death of his father in a home accident.Masquerade entered the charts at number six, proving that Wyclef's freewheeling approach still held quite a bit of appeal.One year later, he returned with The Preacher's Son, and also released an album of traditional Haitian Creole music, Welcome to Haiti: Creole 101.The album had a diverse and lengthy guest list, with Akon, Mary J.
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