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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean has a new song blasting Haitian officials for rejecting his presidential bid.

It’s the latest step in the Haitian-born musician’s campaign to be allowed to run in the November election. The 40-year-old posted the song on his blog and was promoting it Thursday via Twitter.

The song is called “Prison for the CEP,” referring to the electoral commission, whose decision he wants to overturn in court.

Jean also chides President Rene Preval as he sings in Creole, the French-derived language spoken by most Haitians.

It’s not the first time his music has taken on political themes. He previously recorded a song called “If I were president.”

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MrWantSomeNewBooty/ MrWantSomeNewBooty

    I see the battle continues. Whether you agree with Wyclef running for Haitian President or not, one way a musician can fight back against the establishment is take the battle to wax. Now let’s see if that Haitian official puts out a responses song….. then we will really have a true “beef.” LOL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Schelby/ Schelby

    Dang. Bitter much?? Wyclef knows he wasnt’ qualified anyway. But who doesn’t want to be President of something??

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/digg_it_up/ digg_it_up

    well now he got the experience so he can sing about it. guess he didnt have enuff money to pay off the people who make the president selection…

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MsMerising/ MsMerising

    lol @ MrWant

    I always knew Wyclef was a b***h (I saw that shiner you put on Lauryn when you found out she was pregnant, b***h).

    Wyclef, you didn’t meet REQUIREMENTS. Now you want to act like a b***h? You didn’t hustle the system like you planned now you’re pissed. You could have just moved there officially and tried again in 5 years. Spoilt brat, this shows you don’t have the maturity to be damn President.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/duane-g/ duane-g

    This reminds of the character that actor David Allen Greer played on ‘In Livin Color’.

    “Wrote a song about it, wanna hear it?” “Here we goooo……”

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