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Basically, if you don't have Young Thug and Wyclef Jean's magnificent "Kanye West," you're lacking. Not only did this banger give us the immortal "Jeffery" ad-lib, but it's stood triumphant as one of Thugger's most refined and infectious melodic cuts. With lush, tropical production, "Kanye West" encapsulates everything that made  Jeffery  such a triumph. Read more: hotnewhiphop.com

When it comes to making hip-hop that cares about integration with the sounds of world music – about what young rappers and students have to say, about immigrant cultures such as the one he came from in Haiti – Wyclef Jean is an avatar.  Whether through his role as one-third of the Fugees (the 90s Caribbean-inspired hip-hop act that begat Lauryn Hill), his solo career (e.g. the innovative “The Carnival”), or his collaborations with Shakira and Carlos Santana, Jean is a fearless leader when it comes to making music that matters.  Read more: phillyvoice.com

Wyclef Jean heads to the Knitting Factory for his debut event in Boise. Wyclef is a music icon in the hip-hop world coming from one of the most prolific groups ever to take the stage,  The Fugees. MTV ranks Wyclef's The Fugees as the 9th biggest hip-hop group of all time with songs like, "Killing Me Softly", "Ready or Not", and "Fu-Gee-la" and "No Woman No Cry". The  Refugees  split in 1997 and everyone went on to drop hits. Read more: 1035kissfmboise.com

Lauryn Hill typically applies a dizzying spin to her classic hits whenever she hits town, and her former Fugees group mate Wyclef Jean is adding his own twist to his music. A Night of Symphonic Hip-Hop featuring Wyclef Jean paired the rapper, singer and producer with the St. Louis Symphony on Friday night at Powell Hall, conducted by Gemma New, creating a successful marriage of the two. Read more: stltoday.com

She is not new to conducting, but the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's Resident Conductor, Gemma New, is certainly new to the idea of being swept off her feet... live at Powell Hall! At the close of the phenomenal concert Friday of "A Symphonic Night of Hip Hop Featuring Wyclef Jean," the singer/producer lifted New from her conducting post and carried her, like a new bride, off the stage, quite literally sweeping her off her feet. "It was definitely a first," New says of the surprise gesture. But perhaps it just went with the flow of the show. After all, Jean nearly crowd surfed by running through the rows of guests, even making it upstairs to the fans singing along from the balcony.  Read more: sophisticatedstlouis.com