IRS: Wyclef Jean’s Charity YELE Is Shady
Thanks to loyal reader BlackBarbie404 for sending this link to a story on Smoking Gun about Wyclef Jean’s “charity” which apparently only enriches him and his family. Now I want my money back. I think I’ll call the bank and cancel my donation.
The Haiti earthquake has already triggered hundreds of thousands of donations to musician Wyclef Jean’s charitable foundation, which expects to raise upwards of $1 million a day in the disaster’s wake. However, Internal Revenue Service records show the group has a lackluster history of accounting for its finances, and that the organization has paid the performer and his business partner at least $410,000 for rent, production services, and Jean’s appearance at a benefit concert. Though the Wyclef Jean Foundation, which does business as Yele Haiti Foundation, was incorporated 12 years ago–and has been active since that time–the group only first filed tax returns in August 2009. That month, the foundation provided the IRS with returns covering calendar years 2005, 2006, and 2007–the only periods for which it has publicly provided a glimpse at its financial affairs. In 2006, Jean’s charity reported contributions of $1 million, the bulk of which came from People magazine in exchange for the first photos of a pregnant Angelina Jolie (the actress reportedly directed that the publication’s payment go to Jean’s charity, not her personally). As seen on the following pages from the foundation’s 2006 tax return, the group paid $31,200 in rent to Platinum Sound, a Manhattan recording studio owned by Jean and Jerry Duplessis, who, like Jean, is a foundation board member. A $31,200 rent payment was also made in 2007 to Platinum Sound. The rent, tax returns assure, “is priced below market value.” The recording studio also was paid $100,000 in 2006 for the “musical performance services of Wyclef Jean at a benefit concert.” That six-figure payout, the tax return noted, “was substantially less than market value.” The return, of course, does not address why Jean needed to be paid to perform at his own charity’s fundraiser. Read More…
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He would rip off his own people? There’s a place for people like him….and it’s hot
Not surprising.
WTH?? You cant be serious!!!!!!!!! On wednesday I made a nice lil donation on that website.. WOOOOWWWWWW!!!!!!!
Its best to deal with orgs like Red Cross and Care when it comes to relief efforts.
Red Cross may be just as bad but that’s where I sent mine.
wow!! i’m shocked AND appalled!
I’m very disappointed in this but I do hope that he do right with the money and help the victims of HAITI!!
I am not at all surprised by this…..
Ever since it was noted he was friends with JFK jr, he felt his **** don’t stink.
He is a thief, a FRAUD…………..period
I’m not surprised either….a celebrity like him would not put his name on something and it be for free…..his representation comes with a price tag
This is disappointing and hopefully he can explain. I hope because the Haiti situation is unlike anything he has ever seen before that he will take all the funds he received and does right with them this time.
This morning the reporter on CNN was reminding people to continue to send donations, but send them to larger organizations such as UNICEF, Red Cross, etc.
aint that a blip….
I sadly have to admit that we as a people are our own worst enemies. In the third world countries, it is the supposed politicians, Non Governmental Organisation employees and social workers who benefit the most from donations and aide….. Even for Wyclef, it’s probably his aunt, uncle, cousinn, cousin-sister, mother’s brother’s wife etc employed by ths charity…..
I am not surprised at all. That is why I would give my money to the Red cross, ADRA, UN, OXFAM etc coz much as YTs can be dodgy, they set some limits on themselves. I mean cumon, even Bill Clinton admitted that 1st world leaders do abuse their positions but they do it while serving their people fully… unlike certain tyrants I could mention.
That’s why I don’t give money to charities, even the so-called “legit” ones. They either use the money for themselves or buy cheap ish for the people in need.
Lexus Says:
Red Cross may be just as bad but that’s where I sent mine.
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Although the proceeds are 100% deductible, 100% of the donation is not applied.
*He’ll be gone till November, Gone till November*
I was so torn about whether or not to donate to that charity….now I know why. I have always thought of Wyclef as phony..
It takes a special kind of low to steal from your own people. He must not have a soul if he would try to profit off of such a huge tragedy.
Can’t trust nobody nowadays, what a shame. He was on CNN this morning crying
about how him and his wife was cleaning up dead bodies all day. Maybe going through that will make him do the right thing. But then again, he might say that donation money pays for his time down in Haiti…. 
Mahogany03 Says:
That’s why I don’t give money to charities, even the so-called “legit” ones. They either use the money for themselves or buy cheap ish for the people in need.
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I here you, but if we all stopped giving things would be worse. I know those who don’t like giving money give their time.
@Nina I been trying to get a job with CARE for YEARS!
I knew Sandra would post this
While I did not send a text to YELE I do support his efforts and believe he will help out his ppl. He has already been over there vol. his time. Be it the red cross, care, united way etc. once you donate you have no way of knowing how those funds are used. Non profits have salaries and other over head expenses to cover.
I owe Uncle Sam so I cant speak on that
*waiting on Wyclefs official response*
Although the proceeds are 100% deductible, 100% of the donation is not applied.
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That’s true.
I believe his tears are/were real he has donated time and money to his home country before. His biz/foundation may be out of order but I wont say his heart isnt in the right place so to speak
You don’t have to file taxes every year, but you can’t be more than 3 years delinquent on any one year. I an’t text nothing to YELE, anyways. Wyclef is finna get 3 Milli from Tiger Woods.
Although ht knows what they people need Wyclef ain’t the one for me. I never knew him to claim his Hatian roots until Fugees broke up.
@RTB Wyclef always said he was Haitian even during the Fugee era I saw them in concert and he shouted it out then.
The reason I didn’t text $5 is becuz there was no mention of not having hidden fees-I love my intuition Thank You GOD…and sadly his behaviour adds fuel to the fire of how people think Haitians have a pact with the DEVIL-what this fool is doing to his own people is DEMONIC…
HERE COMES THE BULL****! Ain’t NOBODY more SHADY than whitey and their business agendas! How dare them try and discourage people from supporting Wyclef. Yall gon’ fall for this lie, right????
Damn! This is the **** I keep talking about!!! Whitey is a liar yall! Whitey don’t want Wyclef in the mix and please tell Me that you all know Why!…………..
Wyclef founded Yele Haiti in 2005 so it only makes sense that his first return to the IRS was submitted for calendar year 2005. What money he may have pocketed or not, no one knows for sure!! Him being there helping at THIS moment is what matters the MOST!!
Sandra,
This is just what ole YT wants to trash Wyclef, Isn’t he in Haiti now???????
Anna Says:
I here you, but if we all stopped giving things would be worse. I know those who don’t like giving money give their time.
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You’re right. If I didn’t have a fear of riding planes, I would definitely consider going over there to help. I would much prefer to give my time instead of my money b/c I can witness my hard work paying off.
Sandra, all charities have overhead costs. Some of those aid workers in Haiti have been there long before all this and need to get paid when this is all over. They have families and need to go on vacation just like the next man.
Wyclef has been in the business forever Im sure the business functions under Yele are legit.
It is best to donate to organizations that give the breakdown of what goes directly to relief and elsewhere.
I’d rather give my time too. Even if it includes packing relief supplies here to be shipped there.
@RachelRachel Says:
HERE COMES THE BULL****! Ain’t NOBODY more SHADY
Who woulda ever thought I would be aggreeing with you…
But you are absolutey right ole YT will do anything to support their business agenda… including but not limited to trashing Wyclef name and anyone other then them…
Im still praying for you though!!!!
Wyclef has NO ulterior motives behind asking for donations for the Haitian relief. People are always so quick to throw shade. He has made SEVERAL trips to Haiti this past year to bring attention to the needs of the Haitian people. Stop being so gullible. He is in the midst of it over there…helping with his own two hands. He did not send a representative on his behalf…HE WENT PERSONALLY and was the first celebrity to do so. He loves his people and his country and I know this FIRST HAND.
Giving back is wonderful! I said I wanted to do another missions trip. My last was in 2005 in Africa. Before then Mexico and I see why they run across the border bless their hearts
If my co workers church goes to Haiti I will be on the plane with them!
O.K. PEOPLE, HE DIDN’T FILL OUT TAXES! IF YOU LOOK AT THIS MAN HISTORY, HE HAVE DONE MORE FOR HAITI THAN THE HAITI GOV! SMOKING GUN IS ON POINT WITH THE TAX THING. BUT IT’S LIKE SANDRA ROSE TO STEP UP FOR THE WHITE MAN TO BRING OUR PEOPLE DOWN AND PUT THIS ON HER BLOG! AND I DON’T BELIEVE SHE DONATED ANYWAY! YEAH, CALL THE BANK AND GET YOUR $5.00 BACK! DAMN HATING ASS!
@Choco
I totally hear you.
This is an email that a yt co worker sent to me and another minority(not black). why? I have no idea. ANd this is a lady that never emails me random or relidious stuff.
For any prayer warriors you know…the folklore in Haiti is that 206 years ago Haitians made a 200 year pact with the devil to get rid of the French. This island has been plagued with voodoo. Missionary’s that I have spoke with and e-mailed for years say it is an ongoing battle against the rampant belief in voodoo.
This is a perfect time to pray that voodoo releases its hold (after all, the myth/folklore is that 6 yrs. ago the pact was over) that Jesus Christ rises up out of the horrific debris and rubble left behind from this 7.7 earthquake that just happened to be seismically CENTERED on Port au Prince.
That the people of Haiti will hunger for the love of Jesus Christ and throw off this oppressiveness they have been under for 200+ years. They have been ruled by despots and dictators that have raped the land and people, poorest nation in the Caribbean. Pray that this is a new beginning for these people during this unbelievable tragedy. Also pray for our military and all the rescue workers, that are working in excruciating circumstances, in a land where there really are very few flat spots to set up rescue relief efforts. God can and will do amazing things in this country!!!
PLEASE DON’T BELIEVE THIS IT’S NOT TRUE
wow..I am on the fence with this one… I usually don’t donate money instead I send clothes and things of that nature… Last time I donated was for Hurricane Katrina and I only did so because me and my co-workers were in charge of where the money went (red cross)… I was going to give my last 50 dollars now I am in limbo…
well they got voodoo in new orleans! if you believe that stuff! LMAO!
*listening to Michael Jackson what more can I give*
google it… beautiful song definitely appropriate. RIP MJ
whoa I can’t believe she sent u this…
@ crzasallgetout
bk2atl Says:
Wyclef has NO ulterior motives behind asking for donations for the Haitian relief. People are always so quick to throw shade. He has made SEVERAL trips to Haiti this past year to bring attention to the needs of the Haitian people. Stop being so gullible. He is in the midst of it over there…helping with his own two hands. He did not send a representative on his behalf…HE WENT PERSONALLY and was the first celebrity to do so. He loves his people and his country and I know this FIRST HAND.
1000% All organizations have expenses it doesn’t make Wyclef’s any less credible!!!
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@ chase
My either. I was taken aback. But then again she’s a nutcase. She once told a coworkers Russian husband ” wow you Russians sure can drink”. She has NO class whatsoever. I try to run when I see her coming.
@32
Well well well. Finally. Someone for “a moment” who thought “outside-of-the-box” for a change. More power to your brain Peaches. More power! More power!
I still think his heart is in the right place…the man is out in Haiti moving DEAD BODIES! I mean what other leader of a charity is out there with their sleeves rolled up! I understand that he might be delinquent on taxes but I’ve seen plenty others who are too!
Keep
for Haiti
I hope this isn’t true but I’m donating through Hosea Feed The Hungry anyway.
this is just a thought. did the photographers ever thing how insensitive they may be when they are snapping away at these people while they are crying their eyes out? i mean, if it was me, i think i’d be a little bit agitated. “get that damn camera out my face and help us”? just my observation. thats all folks
thing = think
@J.C.
I was just thinking the same thing…watching CNN. OMG..woman had her foot amputated without anesthesia???
Of course the IRS is going to try to downplay Wyclef’s organization because people are sending all their money to his organization rather than to places like RED CROSS, which is in pocket with the IRS and the UN. You only have to file taxes if you actually have a certain level of income as a foundation. I know they would do something to get the dummies to give over their money to them, just like with Hurricane Katrina. When you send your money to the RED Cross, they don’t give it all to the people that need it. They collect it in an account and then send the cheapest supplies possible and pocket the rest. Don’t be so gullible to believe this people. The IRS is not even a part of the United States Government!! I will continue to donate to Wyclef’s organization.
stuff like this is what makes people not to want to donate to charities. I prefer to donate actual stuff (clothes, food, toiletries, toys) to charities throughout the year. But when there is a disaster we have no choice but to hope the money we send will mostly be used in the right places.
I understand all charities have overhead costs, but the majority of the monies received should be going to the people in need.
You can look at ANY Non-profit ORG here: http://www.guidestar.com
When I had problems accessing the yele.org website, I became a little concern. I am following someone with a twitter account named Wyclef. I am even suspect about that account.
It is far better to send donations to the Red Cross. They are more reputable to me than even some of these churches.
@j.c.
I was conflicted with that. so i’m thinking that maybe someone watching will see a fam or somthing and atleast get answers. i”m looking at it glass half full. When i was watchign the news, thats how people recognized people and let them knowq that someone was looking for em.
wow. as a black ppl we are so gullible. SMH at the “YT” and whitey posters tryna make Wyclef look legit… Keep drinkin the kool aid ppl…
Now I’m sure we’re gonna hear people (or probably not) reporting that the food and aid that is being sent there is NOT getting to the people, yet going to the already corrupt government who worship’s “rain” gods in order to control the well being of people, much like other 3rd world countries like in Africa. SMH. I guess it’ll be this way though to the end of time.
i believe it. now at the same time, lets run down the red cross, united way and those organizations. I figured this a long time ago. what celebrity actually has a charity or non profit to help people 100%? no, i really want to know because I just dont believe there are any.
you have to ask urself if his appearance fee to do a show or show up is one thing, why would he or any celebrity to any act (kindness or performance wise) for free? No one can say what they will or will not do until they’re in that situation.
I dont judge him. He’s using his clout and fame to pad his pockets. he’s not the only one. and no that still doesn’t make it “right.”
I’ve been saying for years if celebrities or the wealthy want to help so bad, just write a effin check. why the fundraiser where we the public give our money and a large portion goes towards their appearance fee all the while they’re receiving praise for doing something for charity. AINT ISH FREE, even helping others. as the old saying goes ‘time (reall) is money.’
Aww w w w w ish! Yea, personally I do tend to give ALL these agencies the side eye…I prefer to actually see whatever I’m giving (time/money/material things) go DIRECTLY to someone it can help!
Still standing in prayer for the ppl of Haiti!
In this sad situation where people from my father’s land are dying in the streets under rubles, dirt and trash, suffering from homelessness,lack of food and medical care and so much more. I am going to choose to remain quite and not speak on anything that I have not seen for my own eye, because in the end GOD does not like ugly. I ask that you as well hold in your quick judgments and let the one entitled to judge make his final decision.
Smart people, we have the internet, google and do your research, PLEASE. I check on everything so I can feel confortable doing what I do. I love to help out soles for souls, I got way way too many shoes for instance. It was said a long while ago, Don’t believe the hype, no matter it comes from…No matter where it comes from..AGAIN, No Matter Where!
Well damn!!! Why is it that Africans seems to always come up short in the accountability department? Corruption runs rampant within the continent. No wonder it’s still in a state of decay.
Wyclef, as much as your music sucks, you still should be ashamed of yourself.
I have throughly researched Wyclef’s organization…
And I have no problem with it…he has been on the FRONT LINE helping the people of Haiti for YEARS…
I have worked for non-profits so I know DARN NEAR EVERYTHING SHADY THEY CAN DO…I do not feel or more importantly THINK this is the case with Yele.org…
Wyclef has the connections and the relationships to get things down…I’m sending my money to him….and I feel WHOLLY comfortable doing that…
And the above story dosen’t mention ANYTHING about Wyclef breaking the law…or doing something underhanded…
But one thing I have to say about Auntie regarding Black folks trying to do something other than shake a tail feather…
She sure is consistent…
me and the wife already send money though yele.org and we will send money when they televised it! forget sandra rose!
This post really bothers me, I am not sure what sandra is trying to prove with this post, but please don’t turn your back on these people and stop your donations. In moments like these we hear about all kinds of negativity, I would think that for once when a nation is suffering and dying so badly, people are standing up globally that I wouldn’t find a post like this on this site, just this once! Oh well…SMH
it kinda make me look cross eyed at his organization when praz made a statement on 106 & park about if he did anything shady, he would handle him. i am still going to give regardless. if i feel that my heart is the right place and that’s all that matters. hell, they don’t do what they suppose to do with the taxes that come out of my check so child boo! also, for the person who said something about louisana has voodoo as well-i think i read somewhere lousiana helped them fight the some war (not for sure don’t quote me), hence their french connection.
I’m not gonna fall for the banana in the tailpipe. There are two sides, sometimes three and four to every “report” and story. If I donate to YELE and it doesn’t help Haiti, then that is THEIR cross to bear not mine. I plan on spreading my donations to various orgs. including YELE in order to best help Haiti.
All this report is doing is taking time away from the relief effort. I will have no part in that.
amen to that STLVixen
Wyclef’s Yele organization has taken in over $1 million is donations. Wyclef says he’s helping to pick up bodies. Well, we’ve only seen him twice and both times was at the Haiti airport. There are no bodies at the airport.
When the media pressed him to explain what he’s doing with the donations, one of his people said they are flying a plane in loaded with supplies next week. Why next week when their people need food now?! And only one plane? It is obvious that Wyclef has no charity organizational skills. He has no staff to mobilize food or supplies. His 4 home boys are board members of Yele and he’s paying them over $8,000 each a month out of donations!
The rest of the money goes to paying office rent and paying Wyclef to perform concerts or paying for airtime at a TV station that he owns. Only $79,000 out of $1 million in donations went to Haiti last year!
I’ve already instructed my bank to cancel my substantial donation to Yele.org. I’ll donate to another organization that keeps better records and can prove what they are doing with the money.
WOW!
If this is true I want to cancel my several donations as well.
Unfortunately I side eye most “charitable” orgs given their lack of performance or accountability during Katrina. I don’t want take away from the spirit, intent or purpose. However, I wish there was a “BBB or Consumers Report” for non-profit organizations.
I’d feel better about parting with my hard earned money if a score card or dash board existed regarding their efforts.
Anybody know of one I can check out? Do they exist?
http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2010/01/16/22098509.aspx
PLEASE READ THE ABOVE RESPONSE!
I wish people would not look to this as an excuse not to donate. Red Cross can’t be trusted after Katrina. Either way, the important part is that you took it upon yourself to help out. It’s out of your hands after..anyone who bothers to steal will be dealt with. Wyclef can’t get away with such a thing during this international crisis..too much attention.
I donated to Yele AND will not cancel them. We’ve dealt with them as recipients of our charity donations at NYU before.
“by excuse to donate”..I mean give monetary donations because they don’t trust organizations. Don’t let this deter you
Sorry my comment is still being moderated..while waiting..here (RESPONSE TO ACCUSATIONS):
Locke, through Yéle Haiti’s PR company, sent a list of “Financial Facts,” which can be seen below.
Fact: Yéle Haiti, originally called the Wyclef Jean Foundation, filed a tax return in 2000 and then suspended activities until 2005 and so was not required by law to file a tax return until it resumed operation.
Fact: Yéle Haiti received a clean bill of health in independent external audits conducted in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 by the firm of Tempesta & Farrell, P.C..
Fact: Yéle Haiti was guided by the firm of Grant Thornton LLP to ensure that all transactions involving board members Wyclef Jean and Jerry Duplessis were conducted to fully comply with both the spirit and letter of the law governing such matters.
Fact: Yéle Haiti offices are located in Platinum Sound, the recording studio owned by Wyclef and Jerry Duplessis in order to save money. The organization pays only $2,600 a month for the space and a shared reception service, instead of considerably more for the same arrangement in midtown Manhattan.
Fact: Wyclef Jean was paid $100,000 in connection with a benefit concert in Monte Carlo in 2006, which was organized by a for-profit organization. The vast majority of that amount went towards costs related to the performance, including the hiring of backing musicians and other costs related to the production.
Fact: Yéle Haiti purchased $250,000 of airtime on the commercial television station Telemax in Haiti that is owned by Wyclef and Jerry. We have documentation allocating the hundreds of hours of Yéle programming, over several years, that addressed a wide range of development and social issues in Haiti.
Check out this CNN story on his organization’s accomplishments.
If you still have doubts, you can find out exactly how much money non-profits dedicate to their operations versus their administration at: http://www.charitynavigator.org
Thanks Joja! Luv the shoe fab pic!
p.s. I asked for facts and you damn sure came thru! I appreciate it.
Off to check the url and get my donations in. Thx again!
No problem.. I’m of Haitian descent & I know Wyclef does more than even people back home. Him being a celebrity who actual claims his heritage (*cough* Usher, Maxwell, Garcelle Beauvais, DJ Whoo Kid, Tony Yayo, etc), that lifts us up alone. He’s always advocated for Haiti. How about Smoking Guns, the Post, etc go down there & help and then make accusations. Why not post other links people can use instead? Just there to discredit..
He just posted a Youtube response to all this..check it out. Don’t let this deter you from donating money. If you are skeptical, donate $ elsewhere because the clothing,etc won’t get there fast. There many places like “Doctors without Borders,” “Hope for Haiti,”etc!
Give freely…….
I waited BEFORE commenting, because it seems like a YT rigged scam propoganda hit to me. The Red Cross had ppl stealing during the Katrina fiasco.
All of these charities have overhead. Where do you think they get the money from? Out of their own pockets? Hell no! They get it from donation dollars.
When white charities do the same thing, it’s mistake or just good business.
Sandra, I am extremely disappointed that you reacted like you did without any investigation. Very reactionary. The sleazy powers that be count on ppl like you.
Maxwell whom I am STAN for
has mentioned he was Haitian way before now same with Garcielle aka Fancy.
i read into a previous reader’s facts and they all checked out.im more concerned about praying for these folks instead of shaking bushes with no concrete basis. some people need more people..
and i gave to red cross?
Daisy my cough was just a plug of Haitian entertainers lol..only the 1st one, Usher, i know denied his heritage for so long
Anywho, overall guys lets just donate or support however we can. My next donation of medical supplies will go to doctors without borders
I don’t believe this claim.
Hey Family,
I saw on the news that it is RARE that charities give %100 of the donations to the people they are serving….it’s called “overhead costs”…so if he’s paying $8,000 to folks he got working for them…I think that’s low….Do you think people working for the Red Cross getting less than that, or more?? I’ll let the family think about that one….
Maybe Wyclef only sent one plane, BECAUSE THEY ARE TURNING PLANES AROUND at Port Au Prince, b/c THERE IS NO WHERE FOR THEM TO LAND….the FAA has taken over the airport/in control of the air space, and diverting planes to Florida & the Dominican Republic.
And as far as Auntie cancelling her donation, he is about to get that back, and then some! The proceeds from the telethon that is being broadcast on ALL THE MAJOR NETWORKS, MTV VH1 and ALL THE CABLE CHANNELS on Friday is being split between 5 charities….Wyclef’s organization and the Red Cross ARE INCLUDED.
Love you Auntie, but I think you might have jumped the gun on this one…..I plan on donating as well…sometime this week…it’s between the Red Cross & Wyclef for me.
That is all! LOL
I’m gonna say this
After the BET awards there was an article in the paper about Haiti and how the people were eating and some people were selling mud pies..and i was like this cant be right cuz Wyclef doing all these things there for all these years … I’m sad to say the jury is still out on that…
As far as him taking expenses CAN WE ALL SAY GREEDY..if you are a mutil millionaire rapper, singer, producer, WHY would you still be taking “expenses” out of money intended for the poor..its not justifable and it you wish to justify i pity you..wyclef AND ALL THESE CELEBS ARE SUPPOSE TO BE GIVING ACCORDING TO THEIR PORTIONS AS WE ALL SHOULD..NOT ASK US TO DONATE IN THEIR NAME OR ON THEIR BEHALF. NO ARTIST THAT CAN AFFORD TO END HUNGER IN AMERICA SHOULD BE TELLING YOU TO BRING CAN FOODS TO THEIR TOUR STOPS
Now that being said..The Lord has called him (wyclef)out..and now as you can clearly see he is taking him through the storm..hopefully he recieves the messages and comes out a better man and ready to fully handle his responsibilty to the people of Haiti. My prayers are with him!
Usher said in an interview years ago that he was not Haitian and it was just a rumor. His parents are African Americans from Tennessee…meaning not of Haitian descent. Maxwell is Puerto Rican(his father)and black. Garcelle (Fancy) and Jimmy-Jean Louis(Phat Girlz actor) are both of Haitian descent and of course they proudly claim it, which they should.
The other people just cannot claim something they are not.