Even before the earthquake that devastated Haiti, the land was a troubled one. However, since the quake destroyed the land, it’s just gotten worse, and that’s why native son Wyclef Jean has decided to do something about it. The donations raised by Wyclef for the land of his birth through his Yele Haiti foundation were nice, but they weren’t really doing much to change the country itself, so he’s decided to take a more active role in the rebuilding of his country. Wyclef Jean announced that he would run for President of Haiti on Larry King Live Tuesday night.
“If not for the earthquake, I probably would have waited another 10 years before doing this,” said the 37-year-old who was raised in Brooklyn, New York. “The quake drove home to me that Haiti can’t wait another 10 years for us to bring it into the 21st century. If I can’t take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I’ve been singing about, like equal rights, doesn’t mean anything.”
A singer as president? Ha! That’s almost as crazy as an actor running for President of the United States! Oh, wait
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