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Bursting onto the scene as one-third of the enormously popular 1990's act The Fugees,  Wyclef Jean  has since crossed over and been a part of so many hit songs via collaborations with artists from many different corners of the music business. One of his highest-profile team-ups in his career has to be rock legend Carlos Santana, for their massive hit song "Maria Maria." The instrumental is back in the public zeitgeist because of how  DJ Khaled  used it as the backbone to his recent track "Wild Thoughts," so Wyclef decided to reveal a previously unnoticed hip-hop connection between "Maria Maria" and  Wu-Tang Clan . Read more here:  http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/wyclef-jean-reveals-wu-tang-clan-and-maria-maria-connection-news.36104.html

Legacy Recordings, Heads Music and Certified Classic held a listening party Wednesday in New York for Wyclef Jean’s first full-length album in eight years,  Carnival III: The Fall and Rise of a Refugee.  At the event, Wyclef got some face time with Heads Music CEO Madeline Nelson and Legacy President Adam Block. Read more:  http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=307686

The story of Wyclef Jean is an embodiment of the ‘American Dream.’ Born in the Haitian commune of Croix-des-Bouquets, Nel Ust Wyclef Jean – whose stage name is Wyclef Jean – immigrated to the U.S. at the tender age of nine. As a child, he had an aptitude for music. Like the late singer-songwriter, Prince, Jean is multi-talented, having learned to play seven instruments by the time he hit his teens. Jean’s mother nurtured this talent further by buying him his first guitar. Read more:  http://uk.businessinsider.com/wyclef-jean-on-mentorship-and-how-you-can-spot-the-next-big-thing-2017-7?IR=T

Haitian rapper and musician Wyclef Jean stopped by Sway in the Morning and we talked to him about everything from how he got his start in the industry through playing jazz to his first ever documentary, which is set to premiere on July 9 at 9 p.m. ET on TV One’s popular series  Unsung . After eight years since his last full-length album, Wyclef will be dropping  Carnival III: The Fall and Rise of a Refugee  on September 15 through Legacy Records. Thus far, he’s dropped two singles “Fela Kuti” and “What Happened to Love” (check out the full track list below). Read more:  http://swaysuniverse.com/wyclef-jean-talks-being-an-extra-for-an-eric-b-rakim-music-video-new-album-carnival-iii-performs-live/

Wyclef back on the scene with his eighth studio album, “Carnival 3: The Rise and Fall of a Refugee” due out on September 15. But before that,  fans can get a glimpse at the untold story of Wyclef Jean, this Sunday night, July 9th at 9 on Tv One.   Read more:  http://pix11.com/2017/07/07/wyclef-jean-offers-to-take-pix11-morning-news-crew-to-the-recording-studio/