Wyclef Jean Lashes Out at Critics of His Candidacy for President of Haiti

MTV.com reports that a few weeks after announcing plans to run for president of Haiti, Wyclef Jean was declared ineligible to run for presidency by Haitian electoral officials.

However, electoral officials weren’t the only ones to be vocal about their doubts they had for Jean running for office. Fellow Fugees band mate Pras went public about his concerns over Jean’s political credentials as well as actor Sean Penn.

Penn told CNN, “Right now, I worry that this is a campaign that is more about a vision of flying around the world, talking to people. It's certainly not one of the youth drafting him. I would be quite sure that this is an influence of corporations here in the United States and private individuals that may well have capitalized on his will to see himself flying around the world.”

He also took to a column in the Huffington Post to question where Jean was after the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in January. “I was there for those six months after the earthquake and so many of us on the ground wondered where he was when that kind of attention was so necessary and absent, and why he was NOT helping to keep this desperate situation in the news," he wrote.

"None among us felt or expressed anger toward it, but rather a universal sadness for his silence, as he is America's most admired cultural link to Haiti."

Moreover, during Hot 97’s On the Reggae Tip concert, Jean took to his song "President," and switched the lyrics around to slam his critics.

He sang, “I got a message for Sean Penn: Maybe he ain't see me in Haiti because he was too busy sniffing cocaine.” He also sang, "I got a message for Praswell, even though you don't want to support me, I got love for you, even though you only kicked 8 bars in the Fugees.”