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Jean: “In Haiti, I am the Beatles”
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 7 December 2010
In an interview about his recent failed attempt to run for President of his home country Haiti, Wyclef Jean has compared himself to The Beatles.
He says he hoped that, had he become President of Haiti, he could have reduced the amount of political corruption while the country tries to recover from the devastating earthquake that struck earlier this year. He implies that it was corrupt types who stopped him from joining the political race, though, as previously reported, it was constitutional rules that really stopped the non-resident Haitian from standing.
Jean told The Guardian: “I felt that, if I ran for president, there would be too many eyes on the country for even the most corrupt to break the law. And in that aspect, I was wrong, because I got kicked out of the race before even running”.
Asked about his reputation in his home country he added: “Haiti is my country. The same way the Beatles are received in England – that’s how Wyclef Jean is received in Haiti”. So presumably that means that when iTunes arrives in the country, no one will buy his music on it.
