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WYCLEF NAMED AMBASSADOR FOR HAITI: Musician to promote development in impoverished country.
*Haiti has named its native son, Wyclef Jean, a roving ambassador tasked with promoting development in the country and representing Haiti at various events throughout the world.
President Rene Preval hopes that the rapper’s appointment to the honorary position will help boost the image of the impoverished country, which continues to rebuild from a violent rebellion in 2004.
"We have so much to recover from with our bad reputation. With Wyclef, we can gain a lot," said Foreign Affairs Minister Reynald Clerisme, according to the AP.
Jean, 34, was born and raised in Haiti until age 9, when his family moved to New York. He gained notoriety as a member of The Fugees rap group, and later as a solo artist and producer.
Clef’s Yele Haiti foundation promotes arts, education and sports as a way to bring jobs and development to Haiti.
