Wyclef Jean

Haiti

Born: 17 October 1969

Years Active: 90, 2000

Genres: Rap, R&B, Pop/Rock, Folk

Styles: Urban, Hip-Hop/Urban, R&B/Soul, Hip-Hop/Urban, Alternative Rap, East Coast Rap, Contemporary R&B, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Pop, AM Pop

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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. As the Fugees hung in limbo, Wyclef also became hip-hop's unofficial multicultural conscience; a seemingly omnipresent activist, he assembled or participated in numerous high-profile charity benefit shows for a variety of causes, including aid for his native Haiti. The utopian one-world sensibility that fueled Wyclef's political consciousness also informed his recordings, ...

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