Wyclef Jean

4/20 at CU-Boulder: Student government argued against campus closure

CU-Boulder's decision to close campus on April 20 for the second straight year in an effort to permanently squash the long-running 4/20 event there has already generated complaints and threats of legal action. Current representatives of Colorado University Student Government (CUSG) aren't fans of a ... More >>

4/20: Why CU's going without fish fertilizer to stop pot rally, but still closing Boulder campus

Yesterday, CU-Boulder announced that for the second consecutive year, the campus would be closed on April 20 in an effort to squelch the annual 4/20 event there; see our original coverage below. Why take this controversial tack again? CU-Boulder spokesman Bronson Hilliard is straight-forward, deemi ... More >>

Macklemore at CU Boulder's Balch Fieldhouse on 4/19. Tickets on sale Monday at 10 a.m.

If we didn't know any better, we'd swear that Macklemore, who we literally just wrote about hours ago, is trying to establish residency in Colorado. To wit: He played our Showcase in June, followed by a show at the Ogden in December, a show at Red Rocks in February, he's playing in Vail tonight, fol ... More >>

4/20 at CU-Boulder: $278K to shrink event well worth it, spokesman says

After a long delay, CU-Boulder has finally released the figures about how much it spent to shrink the annual 4/20 event on campus. The administration doled out $124,561.34, while student government spent $154,236.18. CU spokesman Bronson Hilliard thinks those numbers should be considered separately, ... More >>

Barack Obama at CU-Boulder: Top ten tweets split between excited and grumpy

This evening, President Barack Obama is slated to speak at CU-Boulder's Coors Events Center -- a venue that won't need airing out, since Wyclef Jean's 4/20 concert was a poorly attended disaster. How is Twitter Nation feeling about his visit? Divided, pretty much like America as a whole. Below, fin ... More >>

Videos: Wyclef Jean's bro smokes a bowl and other scenes from CU-Boulder 4/20

While CU-Boulder prepares for President Barack Obama's visit this evening, memories of the reduced but still passionate 4/20 event there continue to linger like a certain kind of smoke. Below, check out three videos shot by Westword's Britt Chester -- clips of Wyclef Jean's brother, Samuel (seen her ... More >>

Medical marijuana: Dacono mulls dispensary ban

Tiny Dacono is poised to become the next municipality to ban medical marijuana centers after council members met to discuss the issue in a work group Monday evening. According to the Longmont Times-Call, a majority of the council members, including Mayor Charles Sigman, favored banning the three c ... More >>

Photos: CU-Boulder touts 4/20 success despite boundary breech, concert disaster

CU-Boulder's decision to ban campus visitors and close Norlin Quad in an effort to shrink the annual 4/20 event prompted an unsuccessful court challenge and plenty of controversy. But despite security breaches and a free Wyclef Jean concert that failed to siphon off more than a handful of students, ... More >>

Barack Obama at CU: Will Coors Events Center need airing out after Wyclef Jean hot-boxing?

The details are in about President Barack Obama's visit to the CU-Boulder campus at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The venue? The Coors Events Center, where he'll be speaking only days after today's Wyclef Jean concert, which will probably need a good airing-out due to what could be a truly astounding amount o ... More >>

4/20 in Civic Center Park: Our pot critic cuts through the smoke

See Also: (Photos) Free Wyclef Jean 420 show at CU in Boulder draws unbelievably paltry crowd There's a silence that falls over the crowd somewhere between 4:19 p.m. and 4:21 p.m. It's not in memorial of anyone. And it's not because of anything anyone on stage said -- most people in attendance cou ... More >>

Photos: Free Wyclef Jean 420 show at CU in Boulder draws unbelievably paltry crowd

Update: YouTube video of Wyclef Jean's freestyle added below. "For the record," he says, "I would never sell out," presumably in response to the anti-MJ clause of the contract. See Also: 4/20 at CU Boulder: Wyclef Jean concert, police crackdown to shrink event? See Also: Wyclef Jean at Coors Even ... More >>

Wyclef Jean contract with CU confirms $80K fee, plus a look at the performance rider

See Also: • (Photos) Free Wyclef Jean 4/20 show at CU in Boulder draws unbelievably paltry crowd • 4/20 at CU Boulder: Wyclef Jean concert, police crackdown to shrink event? • Wyclef Jean at Coors Event Center on 4/20 So the figure first reported yesterday by Whitney Bryen of the Colorado Da ... More >>

4/20 at CU-Boulder: Cops ringing the campus will strive to be "peaceful"

The CU-Boulder scheme to squelch the annual 4/20 event by closing Norlin Quad and banning visitors puts lotsa pressure on the university's police department. But spokesman Ryan Huff stresses that a plan is in place to dissuade potential attendees from coming to Boulder in the first place and treat t ... More >>

4/20 at CU-Boulder: Members of city council on why they support campus closure

Last night, the Boulder City Council passed a resolution supporting CU-Boulder's plan to shrink the campus 4/20 event by closing Norlin Quad and banning visitors on Friday; read it below. This morning, we spoke to two members of the council -- one who supports it wholeheartedly, and another who vote ... More >>

4/20 at CU Boulder memes: Will Wyclef Jean hot box the Coors Events Center?

How to gauge the student take on CU Boulder's plan to shrink the campus' annual 4/20 event via a Wyclef Jean concert and a more active police response? We turned to the University of Colorado memes Facebook page, where the responses have been swift -- and funny. Check out samples below, supplemented ... More >>

4/20: CU Boulder denies crackdown rumors but says cops will be "more active"

Earlier this week, we shared CU Boulder's plans for shrinking the annual pro-pot 4/20 event on campus -- a Wyclef Jean concert that gets underway just before the magic minute combined with what we termed a "police crackdown" on those who choose to mark the occasion in the usual way. Since then, wild ... More >>

Reader: Pat Sullivan's thirty-day sentence not exactly harsh

Commenting knows no boundaries. As evidence, check out today's featured post, which deals with the sentencing of ex-Arapahoe County sheriff Pat Sullivan to thirty days in regard to trading meth for sex yet was affixed to our item about the CU Boulder police crackdown/Wyclef Jean concert planned for ... More >>

Wyclef Jean at Coors Event Center on 4/20

Wyclef Jean is coming to the Coors Event Center on Friday, April 20, to perform at a free party thrown for students, sponsored by the CU Student Government in partnership with the Program Council. As you've probably deduced, there's a method to the madness: This show is being held on 4/20, and that ... More >>

4/20 at CU Boulder: Wyclef Jean concert, police crackdown to shrink event?

For months, members of CU Boulder's student government have talked about their desire to move the annual 4/20 celebration off campus. But the logistics of doing so proved challenging, prompting leaders to opt for a low-key campaign to shrink attendance. Now we know the centerpiece of their plan: a W ... More >>

Saturday night: Haiti benefit show with In Due Time

Local musician Alicia Fall on a recent trip to Haiti.​Forget Wyclef -- local singer-songwriter and all-around badass Alicia Fall has been raising funds for Haiti (and, ahem, not squandering them) since March 2009, when she founded the social-profit organization Her Many Voices, which is dedica ... More >>

They're Playing Our Song

Top 5 failed attempts by musicians to run for political office

​Luther Campbell (aka Uncle Luke, aka 2 Live Crew front man, aka sister-paper Miami New Times columnist), has placed his hat in the race for mayor of Miami-Dade County. Nope, we're not kidding, but he's hoping to make a real change to the system, and he's taking the whole thing incredibly seri ... More >>

10 weirdest music news stories of 2010

​2010 has been an aggressively weird year in music news. It seemed like no matter where we turned musicians were saying and doing the strangest damn things. From decrying the most popular thing in the world to talking people off of buildings, it was a wacky year to report. There was so much we ... More >>

Wyclef Jean: Haiti's next president? Here are five musicians we think should run in the U.S.

​Yesterday, CNN reported that Wyclef Jean has entered himself into the bid for president in Haiti. This doesn't mark the first time a celebrity has run for office, and while we wish him the best of luck, we have to wonder what qualifications he has other than being a member of the seminal '90s ... More >>

We Are the World 25/2010 performers pull off impressive performance

All right, so we were admittedly skeptical of how this whole "We Are the World" remake was going to turn out with the seemingly random cast of characters organizers assembled. When we first glimpsed the initial list of those present the night of the recording, there were some head scratchers in the ... More >>

Tonight's MTV Hope for Haiti Telethon has roots here at home with mGive

As you've undoubtedly heard by now, tonight the biggest names in entertainment are coming together for MTV's Hope for Haiti Telethon, a unified relief effort to raise much needed funds for the disaster torn country, devastated by the recent earthquake. The relief effort is wide reaching and beyond m ... More >>

Rock the Block

The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus stops at a serious block party.

Friday Rap-Up: Black Hollywood, Lil Kim, Naughty By Nature, Eminem

DNC Dance Card Is Filling Up

Friday Rap-Up: Ichiban, Ludacris, Wyclef Jean, Jay-Z

Rearview: The Week in Review (7/12/08-7/18/08)

The Westword.com Blog Shortcut, July 17 Edition

Kanye West, N.E.R.D. and Wyclef Jean Reportedly Slated for DNC Events

Beyond Playlist: Henry Butler and More

Wyclef Jean

Tuesday, January 29, Gothic Theatre, 303-788-0984.

Necro Loves Violence, Hates Women and Other Assorted Goodies

Friday Rap-Up: D.O. The Fabulous Drifter, 50 Cent, Grandmaster Flash, Foxy Brown

Haiti Travelogue: A Night With Wyclef and a Day in the Sun

Friday Rap-Up: Pimp C Dies, Spice 1 Shot, Lauryn Hill Still a Pain in the Ass

The Grandma Awards

Last Caress

A terminal kid seeks a stroke of luck in One Last ThingŠ.

DJ Quik

Saturday, August 27, Ogden Theatre, 303-831-2525.

Git Up

Best Battle Rapper

Kingdom

Disco Redux

A new boxed set argues that disco didn't suck after all.

The Major and the Minor

A roundup of big-name recordings that live up (or down) to expectations.

Beyond the Fugees

Pinning down Wyclef Jean, one of hip-hop's hottest commodities.

Rhymes of Passion

The Fugees are determined to make rap, not war.