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Hip-hop has always reigned supreme in Brooklyn, and last night, at the annual Wingate Concert Series, one of the borough and the culture’s own was celebrated. Forty years after the Haitian-born hip-hop legend  Wyclef Jean  stepped foot in Flatbush at the age of nine, the Borough President Eric L. Adams awarded him with the key to the borough Jean once called home. The Fugees co-founder is the third hip-hop artist to receive such an honor in a little over a year, following Brooklyn natives Fabolous, and the night’s master of ceremonies,  Big Daddy Kane . Read more: vibe.com

The next episode of WHYY’s Emmy Award-winning music series “On Tour,” airing Thursday, Aug. 2, at 9 p.m., will feature three-time Grammy winner Wyclef Jean performing live at the Ardmore Music Hall in Ardmore. Loaded with awesome footage of ‘Clef performing such hits as “President” and “We Trying to Stay Alive,” the program shows him joyously interacting with the sold-out audience, which sang along with him throughout his diverse and soul-satisfying set. On several occasions, he showed his skills as a guitarist, which I personally tend to forget about. Read more: phillytrib.com

With four talented artists listed on the credits, the new single “Down Easy” from Universal Music Germany is definitely one to pick up. A Dutch-inspired sound comes courtesy of  Showtek  and  MOTi,  who bring on board the inimitable  Wyclef Jean  and Australian rising star  Starley. 

This was a day of redemption. A day that really wrote history for me, you might say. Add some more high-strung expletives and you’ll still not come close to what we feasted on that day, courtesy of Wyclef Jean, who started at exactly 21:00. Unheard of! His second act of awesomeness was a joke or two about Erykah Badu and her being sleepy. Amen to that, brother! Next awesome act– he put his all into it. Soul, body, emotions, energy. Read more: georgiatoday.ge

If you haven’t gotten familiar with the sounds of Jazzy Amra, now would be a great time to do so. Today the talented up and coming star is back with something new for our listening enjoyment, offering up the visuals for her “You Got Me (Remix).” Jazzy is Grammy award-winning recording artist and music innovator Wyclef Jean and Heads Music debut artist, and she brings her smooth sounds to the forefront. Watch now: stupiddope.com