Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean greets supporters from the top of a vehicle after submitting the paperwork to run for president of Haiti in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Jean says he will rebuild Haiti through education, job creation and investment
A supporter from Fas a Fas, the youth movement of the Viv Ansanm political party, holds a skull aloft, a poignant symbol of rebirth for the earthquake ravaged country
The 40-year-old cradles a crying child as he walks through the crowds of his supporters
Jean says it is his 'mission' to help the people of Haiti
Fas a Fas members join the presidential candidate as he addressed crowds in Port-au-Prince
Much of Haiti still lies in ruins and the disaster has left some 1.5 million homeless survivors still under tarpaulins and in makeshift tent cities
The 40-year-old singer songwriter flew into Haiti with his wife and daughter on a privat 
The three-time Grammy award-winner is widely admired in Haiti for never having turned his back on his Haitian roots despite his country's ranking as the poorest state in the Americas.
Jean's music career took off in the mid-1990s as a member of The Fugees, whose biggest hit was a cover version of Roberta Flack's 'Killing Me Softly With His Song.'
As a rapper and producer, he later rose to worldwide fame for his work with Colombian pop star Shakira, most notably on the 2006 mega hit 'Hips Don't Lie.'
Little is known about his political leanings. But in a song released two years ago, 'If I Was President,' he seemed to take a fatalistic view of public life in a country ravaged by decades of dictatorship, military rule, political upheaval and gang violence.
'If I was president, I'd get elected on Friday, assassinated on Saturday, buried on Sunday. Then go back to work on Monday,' the lyrics say.
Jean has appeared in several films including 'Ghosts of Cite Soleil,' a documentary released in 2007.
The film took its name from Haiti's biggest and most dangerous slum and focused on gang leaders and armed supporters of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who once ruled the teeming ghetto like their personal fiefdom.
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hmnn...what do you guys think? a tall ambition? or a possibility?
Could he possibly turn round the ruined conditions of devasted Haiti?
A supporter holds a portrait of Jean as he leaves the electoral office after submitting the paperwork to run for the presidency
The singer described himself as 'the only president who will dance when Creole hip-hop is being played'e jet
Following his walkabout, Jean shrugged off his suit jacket and donned a bandana
Haiti, which was hit in January by a deadly 7.0-magnitude earthquake
Wycle Jean, 40, was born in Haiti, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. He left his deeply impoverished Caribbean homeland at the age of 9, and grew up in New York.
The three-time Grammy award-winner is widely admired in Haiti for never having turned his back on his Haitian roots despite his country's ranking as the poorest state in the Americas.
Jean's music career took off in the mid-1990s as a member of The Fugees, whose biggest hit was a cover version of Roberta Flack's 'Killing Me Softly With His Song.'
As a rapper and producer, he later rose to worldwide fame for his work with Colombian pop star Shakira, most notably on the 2006 mega hit 'Hips Don't Lie.'
Little is known about his political leanings. But in a song released two years ago, 'If I Was President,' he seemed to take a fatalistic view of public life in a country ravaged by decades of dictatorship, military rule, political upheaval and gang violence.
'If I was president, I'd get elected on Friday, assassinated on Saturday, buried on Sunday. Then go back to work on Monday,' the lyrics say.
Jean has appeared in several films including 'Ghosts of Cite Soleil,' a documentary released in 2007.
The film took its name from Haiti's biggest and most dangerous slum and focused on gang leaders and armed supporters of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who once ruled the teeming ghetto like their personal fiefdom.
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hmnn...what do you guys think? a tall ambition? or a possibility?
Could he possibly turn round the ruined conditions of devasted Haiti?