In January 2010, Haiti was hit by a catastrophic earthquake, leaving behind devastation and death on a scale that’s difficult to grasp to this day. It remains the deadliest natural disaster to affect a single country in the 21st century. This disaster directly led Wyclef Jean, rapper and Fugees co-founder, to plan a bid for presidential candidacy in Haiti that year. However, despite an eccentric campaign plan, he never made it to the ballot. Haiti’s election officials ultimately rejected his bid in August 2010. While he expressed disappointment when speaking to The Guardian that December, he was also confident that he would have won if allowed on the ballot. Videos by VICE “If by any remote chance they had let me pass, I would have won the elections,” he said at the time. Jean’s campaign caught attention not just in Haiti, but internationally as well. The majority opinion was that he wasn’t fit to lead the country. Still, Jean remained positive that he had the youth vote secured.…