Haitian-born singer and activist Wyclef Jean performs in New York City in February at The Standard Hotel as part of the launch of Hope, Help & Relief Haiti - A night and Humanity After Party. Wyclef Jean on Tuesday announced his bid to run for president of Haiti in the country's Nov. 28 election. Newscom/FILE
Wyclef Jean performs during the SOS Saving Ourselves - Help for Haiti - benefit presented by BET Networks at American Airlines Arena on Feb. 5 in Miami, Fla. Proceeds of the telecast went to four charitable organizations - Yele Haiti, CARE, Project Medishare and Children's Safe Drinking Water. Marc Andrew Deley/PictureGrouo fo BET
Musician Wyclef Jean arrives at the airport in Port-au-Prince on Jan. 13, the day after a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the country. Lynne Sladky/AP
Wyclef Jean speaks at the 'Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief' telethon New York City on Jan. 22. Evan Agostini/HOPE FOR HAITI NOW/Newscom/FILE
Haitian-born hip-hop musician Wyclef Jean carries a child on his shoulders during a visit in Cite -Soleil a slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in March 2006. Ariana Cubillos/AP/FILE
Rev. Al Sharpton and Wyclef Jean at a press conference pledging their support to Yele, the humanitarian and relief organization headed by Wyclef Jean, held at National Action Network Headquarters in Harlem, New York City on Jan. 27. WENN.com/HRC/Newscom/FILE
Singer Wyclef Jean (r.) speaks with flood victims in Gonaives, Haiti, in September 2008. Ramon Espinosa/AP/FILE
In January 2006, musician Wyclef Jean meets with then-Secretary General Kofi Annan at the UN Headquarters in New York. Evan Schneider/Sipa Press/Newscom/FILE
Haitian-American musician Wyclef Jean instructs a child on a computer in November 2007 at a school in Croix des Bouquets, north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Thony Belizaire/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom/FILE
Singer Wyclef Jean performs on the "Today" show at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City in April 2006. Newscom/FILE
Wyclef Jean speaks during a news conference in New York in May 2008. Seth Wenig/AP
Wyclef Jean holds a free jam session at Nokia Theatre in New York's Times Square in November 2009 after announcing his strategic alliance with Western Union for their 'Random Acts of Giving' campaign for the holiday season. Diane Bondareff/PictureGroup for Western Union
Haitian musician Wyclef Jean (r.) gives a pack of goods to a woman at a camp for people displaced by the January earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on June 15. Alexandre Meneghini/AP
Wyclef Jean (c.) and children from the L'Athletique d'Haiti soccer program make a Yele Haiti foundation symbol with their hands during a visit in Cite Soleil, a slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in March 2006. Jean and his foundation, Yele Haiti, were working in Cite Soleil as a part of a project to mark the second year of his foundation. Ariana Cubillos/AP/FILE
Haitian musician Wyclef Jean speaks to inmates at the women's annex of the National Prison in Port-au-Prince on June 16. Jean says he is in Haiti to distribute aid to people displaced by the January earthquake and to fight for better prison conditions. Alexandre Meneghini/AP
Musicians, including Wyclef Jean (2nd. r.), perform at the "We Are The World 25 Years for Haiti" recording session held at Jim Henson Studios on Feb. 1 in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Calif. Kevin Mazur/WATW
Wylclef Jean is interviewed by host Stuart Varney on the "Varney & Company" program on the Fox Business Network, in New York on July 23. Richard Drew/AP
Actor Matt Damon (top c.) gives a sack of rice to a Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean during a food distribution operation for flood victims by Wyclef Jean's foundation, Yele Haiti, in Cabaret, Haiti, in September 2008. Damon arrived with Jean and his foundation to distribute rice, beans, and oil to residents of a town that saw 60 people die in flash floods when Hurricane Ike hit Haiti. Ariana Cubillos/AP/FILE
Rock musicians Wyclef Jean, left, and David Bowie respond to questions at the launch of the new United Nations sponsored NetAid Web site in New York City in September 1999. Lynsey Addario/AP/FILE
Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean becomes emotional during a press conference at the Sheraton Hotel in New York City on Jan. 18, days after Haiti was struck with a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake. Dennis Van Tine/Newcom/FILE
Celebrities attend Hope, Help & Relief for Haiti at Urban Zen Studio in New York City in February. Seen here are Wyclef Jean (l.), Mary J. Blige, and Steve Stout. Newscom/FILE
Wyclef Jean performed live at the Washington Metropolitan Scholars Honors reception held at The Kennedy Center in Washington in November 2006. Carrie Devorah/WENN/Newscom/FILE
Musicians Bono and Wyclef Jean, and Kerry Kennedy are seen at the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Center Ripple of Hope Awards dinner at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York City on Nov. 18, 2009. Newscom/FILE
Lauryn Hill (l.), Prakazrel Michel, and Wyclef Jean of The Fugees perform at the Carling Apollo in London in December 2005. WENN/Newscom/FILE
Haitian singer Wyclef Jean casts his vote in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in February 2006 during the country's elections. Newscom/FILE
In March 2009, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (r.), former President Bill Clinton (2nd. r.), and singer Wyclef Jean help a woman balance a bag of rice on her head during food distribution in Cite Soleil, a slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Marco Dormino/Sipa Press/Newscom/FILE
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed hundreds of thousands of his cheering supporters in Istanbul saying, 'My patience has run out' with anti-government protests.
Turkey’s largest city was divided on Sunday by competing shows of force, between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who staged a mammoth rally of loyalists, and anti-government demonstrators, who clashed with police on Istanbul's streets once again to protest his rule.
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