Wyclef Jean Isn't the First Musician to Survive a Gunshot

Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean, who ended his bid to become president of his Haiti homeland in September, was shot in the hand Sunday and is currently recovering from the superficial wound. The singer was shot in Port-au-Prince where he was campaigning for fellow musician Michel Martelly. Wyclef was definitely a lucky man just being hit in the hand, but he's not the first musician to survive being shot.

In 2005 R&B artist Akon was shot in the shoulder during a drive-by shooting in New Jersey. The recording artist made a full recovery, but his manager Robert Martinez, who was with him in his car at the time, was killed.

Rapper Tupac Shakur was killed by multiple gunshots in 1996, but he'd also survived them once before. On Nov. 30, 1994, the musician was ambushed at New York's Quad Recording Studios and shot five times. The identity of whoever was behind that shooting and the one that would later take his life is unknown to this day, although there are theories that fellow rappers P Diddy (formerly Sean "Puffy" Combs) and Notorious B.I.G. were involved in it.

Reggae artist Bob Marley may be the man behind "I Shot the Sheriff," but he was shot himself on Dec. 3, 1976. He allegedly had dreams of gunfire before a free concert he gave in Jamaica amidst a climate of political unrest, and a bullet would later end up burrowed in his arm after grazing his chest. His wife and manager were also shot, but no one was killed. Marley was treated and released from the hospital in a few hours and ready to perform again at a Dec. 5 concert.

Just before rapper 50 Cent's debut album "Power of the Dollar" was released in May 2000, the artist was shot nine times while sitting in the passenger seat of a car, with bullets piercing a cheek, a hand, and his legs and thighs. He survived, but his album was shelved after the incident. However, Eminem would soon sign the artist and help make him a superstar by 2002.

So Wyclef is now among these elite few that have escaped death at least once, but being shot at isn't anything to take lightly -- as Tupac tragically found out, it can mean that an artist has enemies out there willing to do anything to take them down.