Hip-Hop artist Wyclef Jean has announced his intentions to run for presidency of his native Haiti. Jean who has lived in the United States since age 9, announced his candidacy days before the August 7 deadline.
Jean was very involved in the aftermath of a January 12 earthquake that ravaged the poorest nation in the western hemisphere, killing 200,000 people.
“The quake drove home to me that Haiti can’t wait another 10 years for us to bring it into the 21st century,” said Jean according to a Time interview.
By Robert Hune-Kalter - Talk Radio News Service