LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Less than a third of the $16 million gathered in 2010 by hip-hop star Wyclef Jean for earthquake relief in Haiti actually made it to emergency efforts in the country, the New York Post reported on Sunday. According to the exclusive report, Jean’s charity, Yele Haiti, doled out millions in questionable
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NEW YORK — A representative for hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean says he has been hospitalized at an undisclosed location. The 37-year-old Grammy Award winner checked into a hospital over the weekend. His representative Marian Salzman says he’s “suffering from stress and fatigue based on the grueling eight weeks he’s had.” Jean announced a bid for
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Wyclef Jean has officially ended his bid for Haiti’s presidency. A statement sent Tuesday by his publicist says the singer is leaving Haitian politics to promote a new album. Jean’s candidacy ended last month when the Caribbean country’s eight-member provisional electoral council left him and more than a dozen other hopefuls off
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A Colorado man who founded a school for street children in Haiti acknowledged Wednesday that he sexually abused several, wrapping up a case in which prosecutors said he manipulated the boys with promises of food and shelter and threatened to expel them if they refused. Douglas Perlitz, 40, pleaded guilty Wednesday
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We know Wyclef Jean as a rapper, producer and philanthropist, but could we soon be calling him Mr. President? Rumors of the former Fugees frontman flirting with politics have been rampant ever since the earthquake in his native Haiti. And now, reports the Associated Press, Jean’s family says he’s considering it, but hasn’t decided on
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When the January 12 earthquake hit Haiti, I watched hour upon hour of coverage on CNN. Like everyone else in the world, I saw images that were among the most horrifying caused by a natural disaster in our time. I had never been to Haiti at the time. Like many, I have friends and even
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Even as outsiders feel sympathy for Haiti’s suffering, they tend to look upon it as a country beyond saving. Now there is a plan to do just that, and it is surprisingly convincing. The lucid, far-reaching reconstruction guidelines that the Haitian government is scheduled to unveil on Wednesday at a donors’ conference at the United
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Rapper Wyclef Jean is reportedly being accused of paying an alleged mistress $105,000 through his Yele Haiti charity fund. Speculation on the alleged mistress, named Zakiya Khatou, began to circulate online this week. Back in late January, shortly after the 7.0 earthquake hit, Yéle Haiti was criticized for spending money on production crews in previous
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The massive earthquake in Haiti spawned an outpouring of charitable giving through text messages.Nonprofit groups hope the charitable giving will continue to help the victims of the earthquake in Chile. An 8.8 magnitude earthquake has devastated Chile and killed at least 700 people. Read More…
