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Newly Named Global Ambassador Wyclef Jean to Join Mark Cuban at Inaugural Global Citizen NOW: Detroit Event


Wyclef Jean, a newly named Global Citizen Ambassador, will join Mark Cuban at first Global Citizen NOW: Detroit event on Thursday (July 10).

The conversation with Jean, Cuban, Motown Museum chair/CEO Robin Terry and Third Man Records co-founder/co-owner Ben Blackwell will be moderated by longtime Billboard contributor Gary Graff. I’ve always believed in the power of music, not as simply for entertainment, but to awaken, to connect, to move people toward something greater,” said Jean in a statement about the announcement on Thursday that he will join a roster of A-list GC Ambassadors that includes Coldplay singer Chris Martin, Hugh Jackman, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, John Legend, Usher, Charlie Puth, Common, Billy Porter, Adam Lambert and others. The singer and activist has a long history of working with the international organization focused on the fight to end extreme poverty and promote social justice.

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