Jean was shot in the hand late Saturday evening in Port-au-Prince, his publicist said Sunday. The rapper was treated in the hospital and released.
“He is doing well,” spokeswoman Cindy Tanenbaum told CNN, adding that the wound was superficial.
Tanenbaum didn’t provide details on why Jean was shot.
The Haitian hip-hop singer was visiting the nation to raise support for presidential candidate Michel Martelly.
According to Jean’s Twitter account, he is holding up fine.
We have spoken to Wyclef, he is ok,” Jean’s management wrote on his Twitter page. “Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.”
Jean, a solo artist, was born in Haiti and attempted to become leader of the country last year in the wake of the country’s devastating earthquake. In August, Jean filed papers to run in the nation’s presidential election, but was criticized by many for this decision.
Actor and political activist Sean Penn slammed Jean for seeking office.
“This is somebody who’s going to receive an enormous amount of support from the United States, and I have to say I’m very suspicious of it,” Penn said in August.
Arcade Fire’s Win Butler argued that Jean shouldn’t be eligible because the rapper hadn’t been living in
Haiti. Jean’s bid was ultimately rejected because he failed to meet the residency requirement which stipulated candidates must have lived in Haiti for five years prior to the Nov. 28 election.
*This is very interesting as Wyclef is rebounding from his failed bid for President of Haiti. It seems Wyclef is doing all he can to connect himself to Haiti. It may be possible he wants to run again; so having more of presence (putting his face in the place) strategy may be his way of saying that's he's not giving up on becoming President of Haiti in the future. In any event, him being shot isn't a good thing at all! Whoever shot him may not want him in Haiti at all.
Haiti has suffered enough due to the enormous earthquake that took place there. As the rebuilding process continues, hopefully people like Wyclef can keep the attention on Haiti and not just on themselves.*
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