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The #DXLive crew continued our trend of being extra legendary with Wyclef Jean, who surprised Cherise Johnson, Marcel Williams and Jake Rohn by bringing in the Fender guitar that Carlos Santana played at the World Cup to bless us and our audience with some live renditions of his greatest hits. Clef came through to talk about his upcoming album,  The Carnival III , which the former Haitian Presidential candidate says will be the perfect fusion of today’s sound and the nuanced classic style that first put him and The Fugees on the map. Read more: hiphopdx.com

NASA has shared numerous findings about how space looks and feels, but its newest project is giving the solar system a whole new sonic dimension. This week Wyclef Jean released “Borrowed Time,” the latest single from his forthcoming album  Carnival III: The Fall and Rise of a Refugee  (out September 15). The song, available on Apple Music and iTunes, features sounds recorded by NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which has been orbiting Jupiter since last year. Read more: observer.com

For his latest single, Wyclef Jean literally looked to the stars.  Producing  Borrowed Time , premiering exclusively on usatoday.com, the rapper used sounds recorded by the Juno spacecraft, which has been orbiting Jupiter since last year. It's part of a collaboration between NASA and Apple Music, which have partnered with a handful of artists including Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross to provide sounds from Juno to incorporate into their music.  "I was interested to hear what was coming from Jupiter," says Jean, 47. "What I heard was a collage of vibrations that sounded to me like a piano. I heard low tones, mid-range, high tones — it almost sounded like a new patch of sonics that have not been revealed yet to the public." Read more: usatoday.com

Wyclef Jean's newest single is pretty out there — way out there. The rapper sampled sounds from Jupiter, recorded by the Juno spacecraft that's been orbiting the planet since last year. The track, "Borrowed Time," is part of a new project between NASA and Apple Music. USA Today reports that NASA and Apple Music are working together to create a series of songs by artists like Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross that use sounds from Juno.  Read more: cbsnews.com

Wyclef Jean, 'The Carnival, Vol. III: The Fall & Rise of a Refugee' (Sept. 15) Two decades after Wyclef Jean first released  The Carnival  -- his multi-platinum-selling solo debut -- and ten years after the record's less-hyped sequel  Vol. 2 , Wyclef Jean will return with  The Carnival, Vol. III: The Rise and Fall of a Refugee . Round numbers aside, the timing might be just right for Wyclef's re-emergence -- recent collabs with Gorgon City and The Knocks (the latter of whom repay the favor on this set) have reintroduced him to the underground, while DJ Khaled's "Wild Thoughts" still has Wyclef's "East Coast... West Coast" utterances from the original "Maria Maria" stuck in the heads of top 40 listeners nationwide. Read more: billboard.com