March21pm Singer Wyclef Jean Shot before Haiti vote

Wyclef Jean Shot in Haiti

 

Wyclef Jean

As Haitians head to the polls to vote for their next president, former candidate Wyclef Jean is recovering Sunday from being shot in the hand.

"He is doing well," his publicist, Cindy Tanenbaum, tells CNN. The Haiti-born hip-hop artist, 41, was shot in Port-au-Prince on Saturday, the night before the country's presidential runoff election.

Jean previously had his eyes on the executive office in Haiti, but officials in Haiti barred his presidential candidacy in August because he lives primarily in New Jersey.

The results of the runoff election, which is between former first lady Mirlande Manigat and singer Michel Martelly, will be released April 16.