DX News Bits: Ryan Leslie, Wyclef Jean

Harvard Law School ’s Black Law Student Association (BLSA) and The Hip Hop Entertainment Law Project (HHELP) will be hosting an event with Ryan Leslie [click to read]. The event will be a mini-music seminar entitled “The Bizness behind The Business!” This event is slated for March 14, 2009 from 11:30am to 1:30pm at Harvard Law School in Austin Hall.

In addition to Leslie, panel members will include Conrad Dimanche, Senior Director for A&R, Bad Boy Entertainment and President of pmpworldwide.com and Tone Capone, Executive Vice President of Universal Motown/CMG, and creator of the New Music Seminar.

The event will be a part of “The Fierce Urgency of Now: Effecting Change at Home and Across the Globe” which is set to take place March 13, 2009-March 15, 2009. Visit www.thehhelp.com for more information on the seminar.

In other news, Wyclef Jean joined United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former U.S. President Bill Clinton in a major effort to help bring aid to Haiti.

"I was honored to show my support when they asked me to join them on this important humanitarian trip which also gave them the opportunity to experience the beauty underneath the devastation my country and its people have had to face. It’s crucial for me to do all I can to raise awareness and help Haiti get through this tough time,” Jean said in a statement.

Jean was invited after many years of working to bring hope back to Haiti, a country that is one of the poorest in the world after suffering from devastating storms and more.