Honorable Mention
Rick Ross, Lil Wayne and Jay-Z?
Various—mostly dubious—sources on the Internet have suggested these three have Haitian roots, without offering any compelling evidence. Ross, who grew up in an area with a sizable Haitian population, has been tied to Florida’s Zoe Pound gang, and seems like the most likely story but we haven’t seen any proof. Rapper-of-the-moment Future is also said to be of Haitian extraction, but his “Itchin” line, “Me and all my woahs stick together like the zoes/Sak pase” tells us he knows Haitians, not that he necessarily is one. Until then, honorable mentions all around. Here’s a video of Ross performing in Haiti before the earthquake…