After all the publicity and campaigning, it’s a slight, but important, rule that has officially done Wyclef in.

“[Electoral] Council spokesman Richard Dumel said election officials have accepted 19 candidacies and rejected 15 others. The Haitian-born singer’s candidacy was turned down because he did not meet the residency requirement of having lived in Haiti for five years before the Nov. 28 election.”

Honestly, as much as we like the fact that a hip-hop artist can wield such influence and power, it’s probably best to leave the politics to the politicians. Us Californians have already learned the hard way with AHN-old. Via: ProHipHop