Ronald Reagan did it. Clint Eastwood, too. And the Terminator himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is currently serving as governor of California.

Now Grammy-winning hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean is hoping to become the next successful entertainer-turned-politician. Jean tells PEOPLE that this week, he plans to announce his bid to become the next president of Haiti, which will choose a new leader in November.

"The suffering of the people of Haiti, the youth of Haiti – which is the majority of the population – can't take another five years of the corruption that's been going on for the past 200 years. This is why I'm running," Jean tells PEOPLE.

Haiti-born Jean, 37, who is married to designer Marie Claudinette and has a 5-year-old daughter, Angelina, moved to New York when he was 9 years old, and found fame as a member of the Fugees before launching a career as a solo artist and founding the charity Yéele Haiti in 2005.

He says he made the decision to run for president following the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the island nation, killing more than 200,000 people and leaving millions more homeless.

"[My platform] has four pillars: education, job creation, instilling security into the culture, and, how do we get our agriculture back?" he says. Photo: Dennis Van Tine/Abaca Source: People.com FULL ARTICLE>> http://bit.ly/biMgjf