files.phpWyclef Jean performs at “Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief”, on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 in New York. Wyclef Jean, a native son lift Friday evening’s despairing tone to one of hope and even revival.”Enough of this moping, man, let’s rebuild Haiti, let’s show ‘em how we do it where we come from!” Wyclef Jean, the singer and producer, shouted after singing the downbeat “Rivers of Babylon,” with a Haitian flag around his neck. Jean showcased the resilient spirit of a nation in the midst of catastrophe. On Jan. 12, a powerful earthquake struck the already impoverished country, killing an estimated 200,000 people, displacing many more and reducing much of Haiti to ruins.

Some facts about Jean Wyclef: The son of a Nazarene pastor,Wyclef briefly attended Eastern Nazarene College, where his younger brother Sam graduated with a degree in history.
Wyclef moved with his family to Brooklyn, New York, when he was thirteen, before moving again to northern New Jersey. He worked briefly as a Burger King crew employee as a teenager, before he was fired. Jean has been a resident of Saddle River and South Orange, New Jersey.  Jean, who regrets dropping out of college, has announced plans to attend Boston’s Berklee College of Music.

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