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Call me a nerdy Asian kid who stays at home on an ordinary Sunday night to watch "60 Minutes" (I'm a student journalist, what do you expect?), but yesterday's episode consisted of an alarming segment featuring a different side of an individual that we all thought we knew, but just never came in direct contact with.
For an international hip-hop icon like Wyclef Jean to be highlighted on "60 Minutes" doesn't happen too often (I'm actually surprised that the show's producers didn't choose to do a 15-minute segment on the trendsetting takeover of Lil Wayne mania), but Wyclef's tireless and determined committment to better his homeland of Haiti is a remarkable accomplishment just in itself that has progressively drawn supporters from all across the globe.
The former front man of The Fugees has pledged for years to improve the brutal and relentless economic, social, and political issues haunting the people he has always held close to his heart ever since coming to the United States and becoming one of the most recognizable faces in the music industry today. To the people of Haiti, Wyclef isn't the famous musician we all know and respect - he's far more than that - he's a powerful reflection of hope in it's deepest form.
To find out how you can help, visit the official website for Wyclef's Yéle Haiti Foundation here.
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