Celebrity | Wyclef Jean Wyclef Jean Owes IRS $2.1M Singer the subject of 3 federal tax liens By Nick McMaster Posted Aug 4, 2010 4:26 PM CDT Copied In this Sept. 14, 2008 file photo, Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean, right, speaks with flood victims in Gonaives, Haiti. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, file) Wyclef Jean may be gearing up for a run for Haiti's presidency, but he has to square some matters with the IRS first—the singer owes $2.1 million in federal taxes, the Smoking Gun reports. The IRS has filed 3 liens against him since 2006, and they're not Jean's first problems with financial disclosure. During the Haitian earthquake crisis, he was the subject of a number of reports questioning his use of funds donated to his Wyclef Jean Foundation. Click here to read more on his presidential aspirations. Read These Next Salesforce CEO's ICE joke leaves employees fuming. A federal judge backed Mark Kelly in his fight against Pete Hegseth. Trump grants wave of pardons to ex-NFL players. He evaded arrest for 16 years, but his luck ran out at the Olympics. Report an error