on this edition of our world with black enterprise. wyclef jean. >> you wore the flag on your back at the grammys. but what does that mean, if you can't be on the ground right now picking up your own brothers and sisters. >> plus, we profile a doctor who's screening for deadly diseases one barber shop at a time. that's what's going on in our world starting now.

nearly a year since a 7.2 magnitude earthquake left 300,000 dead and millions of haitians homeless, the caribbean country held its election. like most elections in haiti history, this one wasn't free of controversy. in light of allegations of irregularity of polling sites and ballot stuffing. two thirds of the voters are demanding the votes be cancelled. wyclef jean was vying for the country's highest office. he was forced to abandon his hopes of running after election officials ruled him ineligible. no stranger to the fight of his fellow haitians, he uses his foundation to raise more than $9 million in earthquake assistance. >> a state of emergency.

emergency. >> days after the earthquake, he came under scrutiny after allegations were made he misappropriated funds from the foundation in the past. since rebounding from the controversy, he used funds from his foundation to work with partners in health to address the recent cholera epidemic, which has claimed more than 1500 lives. i recently spoke with wyclef about helping haiti. thanks for taking the time to sit down with us. >> thank you for having me. >> always, i know this has been the busiest, craziest year of your life, it had to be. >> let's start with the beginning of the year, right? obviously january 12th of 2010 haiti is struck with an earthquake, a natural disaster. you find out that it's happened and while everyone else is trying to leave haiti, you get

on a plane to go to haiti, and i saw some of the images on tv. you were actually, you were handling dead bodies, you were part of the rescue effort. >> we're dealing with a little kid here, we don't know if they're 8 or 9 years old, you know what i mean? this is the reality of what i'm dealing with right here. >> i went underground for a bit picking up bodies, bringing them to morgues, digging holes, burying certain people. >> how did that feel to see your country sort of in that state and you being there, literally engaged in that? what thoughts ran through your mind? >> the way to explain it is, you don't prepare yourself for things like that. it just happens. and everything that you used to sing about, used to talk about, that you believe about gets tested at that moment. because it's like, you wore that flag on your back at the

grammy's with the food -- that's the first time they saw the haitian flag. what does that mean if you can't be on the ground picking up your own brothers and sisters. >> one of the ways you attempted to help your country was by throwing your hat into the presidential race. >> i ran for president because of the urgency of what i felt for the first time that the international community was heavily focused on this country. and i just felt like i can't let this country go in the hands of the old regime that has kept it within a monopoly structure for this long. every time someone speaks up they come and get you and put you on a plane and send you to africa.

♪ >> you know, history tells the truth, and the truth is the fact that i ran because i felt 10 million people needed a break and they needed a fair trial for the first time in history. >> what was your vision for haiti, had you won, what would your vision for haiti have been? >> my first concept, when it came to haiti, the first things i looked at was education and job creation. those were the two things i was focused on, and how were we going to get to that? my idea for job creation would have been the reconstruction. through the reconstruction, you have billions coming in. so through the billions that are

coming in, you could have actually hired a haitian workforce. the same way with our economy here. if we're going down -- we have a problem, you know what, we need more bridges, we need roads, we need tunnels. >> infrastructure. >> haiti has no infrastructure. this was a chance to put more infrastructure in place. the second thing is, education. how would we get there? because the haitian constitution states that, you know kids should be having free education, right? but the reality is, how are you going to give somebody free education when your annual budget is $2 billion? not even a real university's budget. that mean's the money has to come from somewhere else. when i looked at the support that donors gave to places like kenya and different places, i felt like we could have went to the scener donors and challeng. this is an education plan to put

this amount of kids in school. ♪ >> there are people who said, and i'm sure you read this in newspaper clippings. who said, his ideas might be good, but he's an outsider. he's an outsider, that's my man. i don't think he should be president. people like sean penn said more harsh things about your candidacy. how did you feel about those critiques coming from fellow celebrities and bandmates? >> for me, the last time that we've ever had a conversation about politics i can remember, he definitely is entitled to his own opinion. and the thing about it is,it would be impossible for him to

see my growth as a politician. that would be totally impossible. he will always see me as a fugee member. sean penn on the other side, he's more someone i was focused on, because, you know, we've seen him stand for certain policies, whether you huang the to agree with him or not, you know, yeah, he had a -- if you don't feel something, he's going to say it. what i did have a chance to do was to get on the phone with sean and to let him know, you know, we had a great conversation. when i'm in haiti, i want to see what he's doing with the camp, and we get a chance to sit down and talk so i could explain to him my entire policies. my idea is not to push people out of haiti. it's to keep people like sean penn in haiti. >> when we come back, i want to ask you is questions about this new album and maybe what's going to happen with the fugees. >> when it comes to music, i'm

not here to trust anyone. i'm here to say, let's take the group from point a and skyrocket it, that's my job. it's supposed to rain tomorrow. probably can't paint the garage. [ thinking ] really? like i haven't seen that movie. [ snoring ] i got this amazing meal off mcdonald's dollar menu. the beefy mcdouble, the crispy mcchicken. everything's so good and just a buck each. i'm smart enough to do all that, so my turn. can't paint, huh? guess we'll just have to go look at window treatments. [ thinking ] too easy. mcdonald's dollar menu. the simple joy of being smart. ♪

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welcome back, we're still here with wyclef jean. you are still making great music. talk to me a little bit about this new album, if i were president and new video election time. >> so i said, i'm 40 right now. and if i'm going to do music for ten years, what kind of legacy

do i want to give? when clef turned 40 he went to haiti after the quake. what is he giving us now? what i'm giving you is a real life story. i said, from now on, i'm going to shoot the video in haiti. i'm going to get a haitian director, haitian crew that knows how to hold a camera. and we're not just going to show the bad side of the country. we're going to show the good side. when people watch at election time and they see me on the mountain with the green grass around me, they're like where you at? sunny california? you on the rocks? no, i'm in haiti in a place called bearlo. ♪

♪ >> i've heard all kinds of stuff in the news. i want to ask you directly, because i heard -- why did the fugees break up in the first place? >> when you become a rock star group and a super group of the world, like bono. bono called the fugees the hip-hop beatles. i don't call us that. think about it. john lennon had his own head space, there was stuff he wanted to do. and it was different. so i think we all have our own head space. in the fugees i'm like the will i am. the same way will i am is to the black eyed peas, right? or like kanye west is to the rock. you know what i'm say something

and that's what i do. if i didn't do that, i wouldn't still be able to be around and do all these records the way i do. and the fugees. it's like your modern day ninacy moe moan, aretha franklin. almost like a female superhero. the talent is beyond the form. and then you have prize, right? so the thing about that -- >> prize to his credit. >> no, no, no. i'm serious. there's always the narrative. >> i heard it for a while, but you know, i've even cracked jokes on it too, you've seen it. but i think that at the same time, pride brings a certain ear into the studio, when it's in the context of the fugees. try this, let's go left here,

let's go -- you know, it's the synergy of the three that made that happen. >> got you. >> when we were in there, there was no trust. lauren has to basically put her trust in me, you know what i mean? if i'm like, seeing us like that or let's go like this, you know what i mean? out of the three fugees the pulse of this time in this generation, they am have to say okay, you know what? we really gotta just listen to what clef is saying and mix it with what we're saying. >> lauren didn't trust you creati creatively? >> no. andty didn't trust them creatively at all. because i'm not a -- when it comes to the music, i'm not here to trust anyone. i'm here to say, let's take the group from point a and skyrocket it, that's my job. >> i don't mean to oversimplify

this. >> you can. >> you're the leader they wouldn't follow? >> i wouldn't say that i'm the leader of the fugees. what i would do is, i would put the three of us out there, and you've seen careerwise what everyone has done. and you can say, okay, this one's the producer. like i would say more, when it comes to the fugees, i was the top producer of the fugees. >> right. >> is there any truth to the ideas that -- to the story that was circulating, that, you know, part of why you don't work is because lauren hill became unmanageable? she was hard to work with? it was no longer a family environment? >> i don't see no difference with lauren hill or 99% of the girls that i work with. i mean, every woman is a diva within their own rights. >> right. >> some will be more extreme than others. >> was she more extreme than others? >> if she says call me mrs.

hill. and i'm working with another girl and the girl says, when i come into a room i need it totally pink. divas are always going to be different. >> yeah, but whey respect is the growth of an individual. there's something the person goes through. and they'll be like, you know, i want to be called miss hill. >> what's next for you? >> what's next, i want to thank black enterprise, of course. when i was doing the golf and tennis challenge, a gentleman jumped on stage and he was jamaican. and he brought this water for me to taste on stage. not only did he bring the water, he started singing about the water. the whole night turned into a jam.

♪ >> so we have a partnership now, through that event. so we'll be developing this water company, it's in the school systems. we plan to take it around the world. and, of course, the political party on the ground and haiti will continue fighting for people, human rights is important. education is important. job creation is important. and, of course, tourism, you know. i gotta bring that back to the country. and then after that. just taking time with family, my daughter, my wife, just reflect on what the future's going to look like. >> i hope that future includes another run for the presidency. >> ten years. >> we're going to hold you to that. >> right here. ♪

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