Wyclef Jean

Wyclef Jean is a one-man overflow of talent. Haitian-born, he was a driving force behind the Fugees and their landmark album The Score in 1996, rapping, singing, playing guitar, and producing all at once. Carrying his Haitian roots, he's poured real effort into helping his homeland, which tells me he was never just a star chasing hits. He even tried to run for president of Haiti, and that sheer scale of ambition is something else. The way he keeps bursting past the boundaries of music to push at the wider world, that unstoppable drive, leaves me half-exasperated and fully won over.

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Name (English)

Wyclef Jean

Name (Japanese)

ワイクリフ・ジョン

Reading

わいくりふ・じょん

Born

October 17, 1969 (age 57)

Origin

Croix-des-Bouquets, Ouest, Haiti

Occupation

rapper / singer / songwriter / record producer / guitarist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rooster

High school

Vailsburg High School

University

Berklee College of Music

Awards & achievements

• 2011 Grand Officer of the National Order of Honor and Merit
• 2016 New Jersey Hall of Fame

• Official sitehttps://www.wyclef.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/wyclefjean/
• Xhttps://x.com/wyclef
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyclef%20Jean
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202663

Tags

• Ouest
• rapper
• singer
• songwriter

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.