Wyclef’s Hope For Haiti (CBS 60 Minutes)

As a child, Wyclef Jean immigrated to the U.S. and grew up to live the American dream as a gifted and famous musician. As Scott Pelley reports, Jean is now using his talents and wealth to help his native Haiti.

Urban Celebrities on Barack Obama for President

Ciara, Common, Wyclef, Anthony Hamilton, Cheri Dennis, Cassie, Egypt, Killer Mike and other urban celebs talk about Barack Obama.

LL Cool J Ft. Wyclef Jean - Mr. President (Music Video)

Jacob the Jeweler sues Wyclef

Relations have gone icy between Wyclef Jean and Jacob the Jeweler.

Wyclef was one of Jacob’s best customers and was the first rappers ever to name-check the jeweler on a record back in 2000.

Now, Jacob the Jeweler, real name Jacob Arabov, is suing Wyclef for more than $300,000 in unpaid jewelery after “repeated demands for payment” were ignored.

Between March 2002 and January 2006, Wyclef purchased more than $750,000 worth of Jewelery from Jacob’s company. According to court papers, Jacob says the rapper still owes him $319,680 of it.

Jacob the Jeweler is current serving two and a half years for lying to the cops investigating a money laundering operation.

Wyclef, Kanye West, and N.E.R.D. to perform at the Democratic National Convention

According to reports, Wyclef Jean, Kanye West and N.E.R.D. are all scheduled to perform at the upcoming Democratic National Convention on August 25 in Denver in support of Obama.

Scarlett Johannson, Ben Affleck, Forrest Whitaker, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ed Norton are some of the other celebrities that will be there to support the Democratic Presidential Nominiee over the four day event.

It will be interesting to see if Kanye will use the stage to attack Bush even more.