Rhythm Nation: how music gives Haiti hope amid the chaos
The country has been hit by decades of crises and catastrophe, but its culture continues to thrive across the diaspora. Here, Haitian musicians celebrate its ’sounds of freedom’
September 2021
Fugees return to New York for their first gig in 15 years … after a three-hour wait
Fugees announce reunion world tour, 25 years after The Score
September 2017
30 minutes with …
Wyclef Jean: 'Changing the world and having sex – I believe in both'
It’s a year ending in seven, so the one-time Fugee must be releasing an album. While out jogging, he contemplates the great beyond – and how he inspired Beyoncé
July 2017
10 of the best
The Fugees – 10 of the best
Featuring everything from politics to physics, the 90s hip-hop act sold millions with The Score and brought Lauryn Hill to much deserved fame. Here are some of their finest songs
March 2017
Amateur footage shows Wyclef Jean mistakenly detained in LA – video
Wyclef Jean mistakenly detained in Los Angeles as suspect in assault case
September 2016
Readers recommend
Readers recommend playlist: your songs with unusual rhymes
From Bill Bailey’s ode to Billy Bragg to the woes of marriage, here are some of music’s most weird and wonderful rhymes
August 2016
Young Thug: Jeffery review – inconsistent but worth persevering
Appellations and hype notwithstanding, Thug’s latest brings gems on unconventional beats, alongside run-of-the-mill, sex-boast trap fodder
January 2015
My best shot
Lisa Leone’s best photograph: the Fugees on a Harlem rooftop
‘When Wyclef and Lauryn were finished, some kids unscrewed a fire hydrant and a big block party kicked off’
November 2014
The 2014 American music awards - in pictures
From Iggy Azalea and Jennifer Lopez’s Booty showstopper to the bombastic blast of Jessie J’s Bang Bang, here are some of the biggest performances from the 42nd AMAs in Los Angeles
March 2013
Film blog
GI Joe: Retaliation – can Dwayne Johnson rescue it from certain death?
Stuart Heritage: OK so he can't act, but there is no soggy blockbuster in the world he can't save by just Rocking up and being himself
February 2013
The week in music
Pink to Psy: the week in music - in pictures
The week's top musical shots from around the world, including some members of Sonic Youth and Salif Keita
November 2012
Will.i.am mistaken for Wyclef Jean and Wale by news reporter – video
Blake Burman, a reporter for Florida Fox News affiliate WSVN 7, struggles to correctly identify Black Eyed Peas rapper will.i.am at Barack Obama's Tuesday election rally
October 2012
Lost in showbiz
Wyclef Jean got a bike for his birthday! Let's get naked and celebrate!
The singer marks his birthday with a revealing picture, but Jack Osbourne getting waterboarded for his stag night shows how far celebrities will go when it comes to celebrating
June 2011
A history of R&B and hip-hop
Lauryn Hill, the mystery
25 August 1998: Number 39 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop music
March 2011
Musician Wyclef Jean shot during Haiti election campaign
Hip-hop star suffered wound to his hand while campaigning for one of the contenders in Sunday's presidential vote
January 2011
World Festival of Black Arts: a once in a decade event
Britain's Kwame Kwei-Armah tells Hannah Pool how he amassed 6,000 artists for a festival that's only happened three times in 40 years
December 2010
Wyclef Jean: 'Fans are calling me the new Dylan'
What scuppered Wyclef Jean's bid to be president of Haiti? Well, it wasn't modesty. On the eve of the election result, the rapper talks death threats and dirty tricks with Dorian Lynskey
September 2010
Exhausted Wyclef Jean in hospital
The singer's publicist says he is suffering from stress and lack of sleep following his bid to become Haitian president
