UNel Yust Wyclef Jean ungumculi waseMelika owazalwa ngo-Okthoba 17, 1970 eHaiti. Uyise ubengumfundisi webandla lamaNazaretha. Waqamba lo mfana ehlonipha umshisekeli wezinguquko wangenkathi ephakathi uJohn Wycliffe.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-9, umkhaya kaJean wathutha eHaiti waya eBrooklyn, kodwa wabe eseya eNew Jersey. Lapha umfana waqala ukufunda, waba nothando lomculo.
Impilo Yakuqala Ka-Nel Juste Wyclef Jean
Kusukela ebuntwaneni, uJean Wyclef wayezungezwe umculo. Ngokushesha wayithanda i-jazz. Ukhangwe yisigqi esimnandi nemizwa edluliswa wumculo walolu hlobo. Kusukela esemncane, uJean waqala ukudlala umculo futhi wafunda isiginci.
Ngemva kokufunda kahle insimbi ngo-1992, uJean wahlela iqembu elihlanganisa abangane nomakhelwane bomculi. Iqembu le-Fugees lasuka kumculo we-jazz, ngoba ngaleso sikhathi kwase kunenkathi ye-hip-hop ne-rap.
Kodwa umculi wakwazi ukudala izingoma eziyingqayizivele zomculo ngisho nalesi sitayela, okwenza iqembu lidume eNew Jersey ngokushesha.
Phela amanye amaqembu acula ngendlela efanayo ayekwazi ukusetha isigqi kuphela. Nakuba isiginci sikaWyclef sinikeze umsindo ophelele.
Iqembu lokuqala likaJean Wyclef lathatha iminyaka emi-5 futhi lahlakazwa ngo-1997. Kodwa iqembu laphinde lahlangana maphakathi nawo-2000 futhi lanikeza amakhonsathi ambalwa ayimpumelelo. AbakwaFugees benza amakhophi ayizigidi ezingu-17 amaCD adayiselwa abalandeli.
I-albhamu yabakwaFugees eyathengwa kakhulu kwaba yi-The Score. Namuhla isingene ohlwini lwama-albhamu aqoshwa ohlotsheni lwe-hip-hop. Ngeshwa, kwaba ngemva kokuqoshwa kwaleli cwecwe lapho iThe Fugees yahlukana khona.
Kodwa emuva ku-albhamu, eyaqoshwa ngohlobo lwe-hip-hop ehlukile. Ngokungeziwe kumathrekhi amakhulu, i-albhamu ifake phakathi amathrekhi ebhonasi amaningana, ama-remix kanye nengoma kaJean Wyclef ecula yedwa ethi Mista Mista.
Irekhodi libe yimpumelelo kwezohwebo, laze lafinyelela isikhundla sokuqala kumashadi amakhulu ase-US. Ngokusho kongoti bemboni yomculo, i-The Score yathola isitifiketi se-platinum izikhathi eziyisithupha.
Ngokungeziwe kubalandeli abavotele le LP ngamadola, irekhodi lithole ukubuyekezwa okuhle kubagxeki.
Imagazini i-Rolling Stone ifake i-The Score kuma-albhamu omculo aphezulu angu-500. Abaculi be-The Fugees bathole indondo ye-Grammy ngalo msebenzi.
Ukuhlukana kwe-The Fugees nomsebenzi wedwa
Ngo-1997, ngokushesha ngemva kokuwa kwebhendi, uJean Wyclef wakhulula umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala eyedwa, i-Carnival. I-disc iqinisekiswe i-double platinum e-US, inamathrekhi ahlukahlukene njenge-hip hop, i-reggae, i-soul, i-Cubano nomculo wendabuko wase-Haiti.
Ukwakhiwa kwe-Guantanamera evela ku-albhamu ethi The Carnival namuhla ithathwa njengeyakudala ye-hip-hop yakudala.
Ngo-2001 uJean wakhipha i-Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book. Abalandeli balo mculi, abaphuthelwa yimisebenzi ye-idol yabo, bakubikele ngelikhulu isasasa ukukhishwa kwe-albhamu.
Ukuphrinta kokuqala kuthengiswe ngokushesha okukhulu. Yena, njengomsebenzi wangaphambili kaWyclef, wahamba ngeplatinamu.
Kodwa abanye abagxeki basabela ngokunganaki kulo mlando. Umculi ushiye izimiso zakhe ezintsha futhi wadala i-albhamu ku-canon eyamukelwa phakathi kwabaculi bohlobo lwe-hip-hop.
Kodwa i-albhamu yesithathu kaJean Wyclef yathola umthelela omkhulu kakhulu. I-Disc Masquerade, eyakhululwa ngo-2002, ithathwa njengebaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni we-rap.
Ngokomculo, u-Wyclef usesondele nakakhulu ezimpandeni zakhe. Waqala ukusebenza nakakhulu ngomculo wendabuko waseHaiti.
UJean Wyclef namuhla
Namuhla, umculi usethanda kakhulu i-reggae. Lesi sitayela siseduze ne-Haiti kune-hip hop ne-rap. Umculi udale i-Yele Haiti Foundation futhi uyinxusa lesiqhingi.
Ngo-2010, uJean waze wafuna ukuba nguMongameli wezwe lakubo, kodwa ikhomishana yokhetho yasivimba lesi sinqumo. Lo mculi kwadingeka ahlale esiqhingini iminyaka engu-10 edlule.
Ngo-2011, wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yi-Grand Officer ye-National Order of Honor. Lo mculi uyaziqhenya kakhulu ngalo mklomelo. Ukholelwa ukuthi ngolunye usuku uzoba uMongameli waseHaiti futhi uzokwazi ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi izakhamuzi zakubo zingathola injabulo yazo elahlekile.
Ngo-2014, kanye noCarlos Santana no-Alexandre Pires, lo mculi wacula iculo leNdebe Yomhlaba eBrazil. Leli culo lidlalwe ngesikhathi kunomcimbi wokuvala ngokusemthethweni lo mqhudelwano.
Ngo-2015, uJean Wyclef wakhipha i-albhamu ethi Clefication. Kulokhu yehlulekile ukuya kwiplatinamu. Yiqiniso, abalandeli bomculi nomculi bakholelwa ukuthi i-intanethi inecala.
Ngokwezibalo zakudala, irekhodi belizohamba ngeplatinamu izikhathi eziningi. Phela, namuhla ungakwazi kalula ukuthenga inguqulo yedijithali ye-albhamu futhi uyithumele kubangani bakho. Lokhu kusho ukuthi amavoti abo ngeke abalwe.
Kodwa uJean Wyclef akahlali nomculo kuphela. Namuhla, uya ngokuya alingisa kumafilimu futhi yena ngokwakhe uthwebula amadokhumenti omphakathi. Unamafilimu ayisishiyagalolunye kuye. Phakathi kwezidume kakhulu iHope for Haiti (2010) kanye neBlack November (2012).
Ngaphezu kwekhono lakhe elihle lesiginci, uJean Wyclef udlala amakhibhodi. Ukhiqize izingoma zikaWhitney Houston neqembu lamantombazane laseMelika iDestiny's Child. Umculi une-duet no-Shakira.
Ingoma eqanjwe ngokuthi i-Hips Don't Lie kumashadi amaningi omculo odumile ithathe indawo ehamba phambili. UJean Wyclef ungeniswe eHholo Lodumo le-Hip Hop.
Kwenziwa imizamo yokuqhubekisela phambili igama lomculi kwamanye amahholo omculo wodumo, kodwa uJean ngokwakhe uyayigxeka le mizamo.
