(Reuters)PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean registered as a candidate yesterday for Haiti's November presidential election, in a move that has generated popular enthusiasm in the earthquake-ravaged nation.
"I would like to tell President Barack Obama that the United States has Obama, and Haiti has Wyclef Jean," the three-time Grammy award-winner told cheering supporters in downtown Port-au-Prince.
He spoke after registering his candidacy at Haiti's electoral council ahead of tomorrow's deadline.
Singer-songwriter Jean, 40, has never held elective office but is widely admired in Haiti and credited with never having forgotten his Haitian roots.
The former Fugees star was born in Haiti but grew up in New York and New Jersey.
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