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Rahm Emanuel Booted From Chicago Ballot: Is He the New Wyclef Jean?
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsIf misery loves company, Rahm Emanuel might want to give Wyclef Jean a call. As Surge Desk readers are well aware, Emanuel, President Barack Obama's former chief of staff, is running for mayor of Chicago. At least, he was, anyway. Today, an Illinois appellate court ruled that Emanuel doesn't meet the residency requirements to run for office. Related Stories Rahm Emanuel Not Eligible to Run for Mayor of Chicago: Twitter Sounds Off Emanuel's campaign said it will appeal the matter to the Illinois Supreme Court, adding another chapter to the ongoing residency ...
Wyclef Jean Hospitalized for 'Exhaustion': What Does That Really Mean?
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Sept. 27) -- Hip-hop megastar Wyclef Jean -- more recently renowned for his failed bid for the Haitian presidency than for his Grammy Award-winning music -- has been hospitalized to address overwhelming stress and fatigue. Jean, who was admitted to an undisclosed hospital this weekend, will "take it easy" and plans to be back to work within days, his representative today told The Associated Press. There's no denying that Jean has likely been experiencing remarkable stress levels of late. From traveling to Haiti to campaigning avidly in city streets to announcing plans for a new album, the ...
Wyclef Jean Says He Will Press On With Haitian Presidential Bid
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyHip-hop singer Wyclef Jean said Sunday his lawyers will file an appeal with Haiti's national electoral dispute office in an effort to keep his presidential bid on track, the Associated Press reports. Haiti's elections board rejected Jean's candidacy Friday night. The board did not cite a specific reason, but critics have said he didn't meet residency requirements. Under Haitian law, a presidential candidate must have lived in the country for five consecutive years leading up to the election. Jean has argued that he was not required to comply with the law because after President Rene ...
Jean Reports Death Threats; Campaign Ruling Delayed
By Emily Troutman - AOL NewsPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Aug. 18) -- Wyclef Jean says he has gone into hiding in Haiti because of death threats against him while he waits for the government to decide whether he'll be able to run for president in November. The Haitian electoral commission announced that it is still checking the eligibility of Jean and other potential candidates and won't make a decision until Friday. "Wyclef has been repeatedly getting anonymous threats from people who are saying that he should think twice before running for the president. We cannot tell who are sending these threats, but the closer the ...
Four Reasons Wyclef Jean's Presidential Bid Is Already a Political Junkie's Dream
By David Knowles - AOL News(Aug. 5 ) -- Putting an end to the will-he-or-won't-he speculation, Wyclef Jean officially filed paperwork in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday for a bid to become the next president of the earthquake-ravaged country of his birth. Surge Desk has been reporting on Jean's potential candidacy for the past few days and can't help but notice that though the Haitian-born musician has never held political office, he already brings with him several attributes that many Americans associate with seasoned politicians. A rundown of the the items that come standard with Jean's run for office: 1. ...
Wyclef Jean Says It's True: He's Running for President of Haiti
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyWyclef Jean, the Haitian-born Grammy Award-winning musician, has confirmed he will run for president of his native land, which has been ravaged by poverty, political corruption and the January earthquake. Jean, 37, told the New York Times on Wednesday he will interrupt his music career to campaign for the presidency of Haiti, which will be decided in a Nov. 28 election. He's already done the paperwork for his candidacy, first reported by Time magazine. Jean said he knows his qualifications will be questioned -- "what does he know about politics?" -- but "you can either live trying to do ...
Source: Wyclef Jean Running for President of Haiti
By David Knowles - AOL News(Aug. 3) -- What if he were the president? According to a report by The Associated Press, Wyclef Jean, the Haitian-born, Brooklyn-raised hip-hop musician and producer, is set to explore that very question. The former head of Haiti's Chamber of Deputies, Pierre Eric Jean-Jacques, told the wire service that Jean -- who heads up Yele, a charity that has raised an estimated $10 million for Haiti since the catastrophic Jan. 12 earthquake -- will declare his intent to run in the upcoming November election in his native country. A spokeswoman for Jean said only that the singer will make an ...
Wyclef Jean for President? Not Just a Song Lyric Anymore
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyIf I was president, I'd get elected on Friday / Assassinated on Saturday / Buried on Sunday / Go back to Work on Monday. Instead of spending billions on the war, I can use that money so I can feed the poor. Wyclef Jean's 2008 hit may soon morph from "rebel music" into a campaign song. Telling CNN this week that he "can't sing forever," the former Fugee acknowledged he had filled out the paperwork for a presidential bid in his native Haiti -- but hasn't decided yet if he'll actually get out on the campaign trail. Jean, 37, who has lived in the United States since childhood but traveled ...
Wyclef Jean for President? Singer Fires Up Speculation Over Possible Run in Haiti
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(July 26) -- "If I were president," Wyclef Jean once sang. As it turns out, he may yet get that chance, or is at least giving it serious consideration. Several reports over the past week have suggested that the former frontman of '90s hip-hop collective the Fugees will likely make a run for the highest office in Haiti, his homeland. Today, he furthered such speculation, telling CNN: "I can't sing forever." That comes after a less-than-wholesale denial via Jean's prolific Twitter account last week. .bbpBox19047575710 ...
Wyclef Jean Defends Yele Haiti Foundation's Finances
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyHaitian-American singer Wyclef Jean held a press conference in New York on Monday to defend against accusations that he has profited from his charity Yele Haiti. Since the massive earthquake that struck Haiti last Tuesday, Jean has called on the public to text "YELE" to 501501 to donate $5 to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund, which has raised over $2 million in just days, according to the Associated Press. "Yele's books are open and transparent. We have been given a clean bill of health by an external auditor every year since we started," Jean told reporters.He denied all accusations that he ...
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