{"id":324397,"date":"2011-03-20T11:31:26","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T11:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/20\/wyclef-jean-shot-in-hand-in-haiti\/"},"modified":"2011-03-20T11:31:26","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T11:31:26","slug":"wyclef-jean-shot-in-hand-in-haiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/20\/wyclef-jean-shot-in-hand-in-haiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyclef Jean shot in hand in Haiti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"70.5445840814\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link -->       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"53.5724779628\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><!-- PURGE: \/2011\/SHOWBIZ\/Music\/03\/20\/haiti.wyclef.shot\/story.wyclef.jean.haiti.afp.gi.jpg --><!-- KEEP --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"6.5\">\n<div readability=\"8\"><!--===========CAPTION==========--><\/p>\n<p>Singer Wyclef Jean attends a rally for presidential candidate Michel Martelly in Haiti on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><!--===========\/CAPTION=========--><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/PURGE: \/2011\/SHOWBIZ\/Music\/03\/20\/haiti.wyclef.shot\/story.wyclef.jean.haiti.afp.gi.jpg --> <!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>&#8220;He is doing well,&#8221; a spokeswoman says<\/li>\n<li>He was treated and released from the hospital, she says<\/li>\n<li>Jean is in his native Haiti as the country elects a president<\/li>\n<li>A former first lady and law professor is running against a flamboyant musician<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>(CNN)<\/b> &#8212; Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean was recovering Sunday after he was shot in the hand, his publicist said.<\/p>\n<p>Spokeswoman Cindy Tanenbaum said Jean, who was in Haiti, was shot in Port-au-Prince on Saturday &#8212; on the eve of the country&#8217;s presidential runoff vote.<\/p>\n<p>The wound was superficial, she said.<\/p>\n<p>The singer was taken to a hospital, treated and released.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is doing well,&#8221; Tanenbaum said. <\/p>\n<p>Haitians are choosing between a former first lady and a popular musician Sunday in the pivotal presidential runoff vote for a nation still recovering from a devastating earthquake and political turmoil.<\/p>\n<p>Former law professor and first lady Mirlande Manigat faces singer Michel Martelly in the second round of presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>Final results of the runoff will be released on April 16, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p>Jean, who was born in Haiti, shot to fame in the mid-1990s as a member of the Fugees, a U.S.-based hip-hop and reggae group. He now performs as a solo artist.<\/p>\n<p>He has been an outspoken proponent of Haiti through his Yele Haiti Foundation and was one of the first celebrities to offer aid after the earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>In September, he officially ended his bid to be president of Haiti a month after election officials ruled that he was ineligible to run.<\/p>\n<p>Jean previously vowed to fight the Haitian electoral council&#8217;s ruling that he was not a resident of the country.<\/p>\n<p>His eligibility had been in question after claims that he had not lived in Haiti for five consecutive years prior to the election, a requirement in the nation&#8217;s constitution. <\/p>\n<p><b>CNN&#8217;s Deborah Doft contributed to this report.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n<!-- \/cnn_strybtmcntnt --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycntnt --><!-- \/cnn_strycntntrgt --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>[Read more here|Read the original here|Read more from the original source|Continued here|Read more|More here|View original post here|More|See more here|See original here|Originally posted here|Here is the original post|See the original post|The rest is here|Read the rest here|See the rest here|Go here to read the rest|Go here to see the original|See the original post here|Read the original post|Original post|Read the original|Link|Excerpt from|View post|Visit link|Follow this link|Continue reading here|See the article here|Read this article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Singer Wyclef Jean attends a rally for presidential candidate Michel Martelly in Haiti on Wednesday. STORY HIGHLIGHTS &#8220;He is doing well,&#8221; a spokeswoman says He was treated and released from the hospital, she says Jean is in his native Haiti as the country elects a president A former first lady and law professor is running against a flamboyant musician (CNN) &#8212; Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean was recovering Sunday after he was shot in the hand, his publicist said. Spokeswoman Cindy Tanenbaum said Jean, who was in Haiti, was shot in Port-au-Prince on Saturday &#8212; on the eve of the country&#8217;s presidential runoff vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wyclef Jean shot in hand in Haiti - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/20\/wyclef-jean-shot-in-hand-in-haiti\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Wyclef Jean shot in hand in Haiti - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Singer Wyclef Jean attends a rally for presidential candidate Michel Martelly in Haiti on Wednesday. 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