JAYFORCE

A spokesman for Wyclef Jean says the hip-hop star has been released from a hospital after being treated for a gunshot wound to his hand. According to reports, armed gunmen opened fire at Wyclef’s BMW in which Busta Rhymes, Jimmy Rosemond, & other members of his entourage were riding in. None of the other passengers in the vehicle were hit. Joe Mignon, senior program director for Jean’s Yele Foundation, says Jean was shot in the hand after 11 p.m. local time Saturday in the city of Delmas, just outside Port-au-Prince.

Wyclef was later released from the hospital around 2:45am this morning. The shooting comes on the eve of presidential elections in Haiti. Jean is supporting friend & fellow musician Michel Martelly.