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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

On Friday, Grammy-award winning artist and producer Wyclef Jean is slated to take the stage. Jean broke into the industry with The Fugees, but since then has worked with artists such as Michael Jackson, Shakira, Mick Jagger, Paul Simon and many others. With his latest album, “Carnival III: Road to Clefication,” his first since 2009, he’s touring again. The album was dubbed one of the most anticipated by Billboard.  Source: dailygazette.com

Hip-hop artists mixing it up with classical and symphonic sounds is nothing new, especially for Wyclef Jean. “It’s a very natural fit for me,” says the rapper-producer, who performs Friday with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra at Powell Hall. “It’s like drinking water for me.” His music has always been eclectic. He points out that, in the early 2000s, he was the first rapper to perform at Carnegie Hall, and his hit “Gone Till November” with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra goes back to 1997. Read more: stltoday.com