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Video: Wyclef Talks New Album, Haiti

Posted on January 12th, 2011
by
Karen


In the coming weeks, Wyclef Jean – the man who often finds himself on the wrong side of controversy – sat down with Rolling Stone to speak about his new album If I Were President, The Haitian Experience. This three minute clip finds the Fugee breaking down the inspiration and meaning behind a few songs from the project while also candidly speaking about the plight in his home country.

He compares the level of devastation in Haiti to what it would be like if everyone in NYC knew someone who died in a natural disaster. Clef himself knew 10 people who died as a result of the earthquake. And since we’re on the subject, today marks exactly a year when the country was rocked with its worst quake in over 200 years. We can all remember the outpouring of support and sickening images of the rubble and dead bodies being pulled from it. A lot has happened since then, and a lot has to be done to get the country on its feet again. We can only hope some good fortune is afforded to Haiti because if anyone deserves it those people do. Yet, Phyllisia released her own tribute “L’Union Fait La Force” meaning “Unity Is Strength.”

Hit the jump to see that.

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