Jerry Duplessis

Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis is a Grammy Award winning Haitian-born musical composer and record producer. His first major success was as producer for The Fugees' 1996 album The Score. He also played the bass guitar with The Fugees, and band member Wyclef Jean is his cousin.

Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis was born and raised in a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. At 14, he began playing the bass. Early influences at this time included Aston Barrett, and James Jamerson. At 16, he was sent to the US and was raised by his father and his aunt who was also Wyclef's mother. The basement of their family home soon became their home studio.

From church to some time at the Institute of Audio Research, and gigs wherever he could play, their home studio "Booga Basement" was opened serving artists near New Jersey.Wyclef, Samuel Pras Michel, and Lauryn Hill would then unite to create a new Caribbean style group ultimately known as The Fugees. Wonda and Wyclef would align to provide production for the group which would be signed by Ruffhouse/Columbia. Label mates at the time would include Cypress Hill and Kris Kross.

Jerry Wonda and Wyclef Jean's producing would take off with The Fugees. Their cover of the Roberta Flack classic, "Killing Me Softly" sung by lead vocalist Lauryn Hill reached No. 2 on the Pop charts and No. 1 on the R&B charts. Co-produced by Wonda, their album The Score would become one of the best-selling hip hop albums of all time gaining worldwide recognition.

Wonda would divide his time touring as a bassist and musical director with The Fugees and producing for upcoming artists such asDestiny's Child with a remix of "No No No." He attributes his musical success to tailoring each of his productions specifically tailored to a particular artist. “When we are on stage every song is different, every show is different, and when working with other artists, I make the beat for the specific artist,” Wonda explained. “I find out what fits each artist before delivering the song.” Several productions ranging from hip hop, pop, r&b, rock, soul, and reggae would follow.

Wonda and Wyclef would make history in 2000. Santana's Supernatural single "Maria Maria," which Wonda co-produced, held the No. 1 chart position for 10 weeks. In 2006, the duo produced Shakira's worldwide hit "Hips Don't Lie" from album Oral Fixation Vol. 2. It became the top selling song of the 21st century and reached No. 1 in more than 50 countries, leading Shakira to be the 1st female Colombian singer to top Billboard's Hot 100 chart.

In 1996, Wonda would co-produce The Fugees All-Star Ali tribute "Rumble In The Jungle" featuring A Tribe Called Quest and Busta Rhymes for the Muhammad Ali documentary "When We Were Kings." The Warren Beatty film Bulworth includes Wonda's "Ghetto Superstar (That Is What You Are)" performed by Pras Michel, Ol' Dirty Bastard and Mýa and "How Come" by Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour & Canibus.

Alongside Wyclef and Andrea Guerra, Wonder wrote and produced the theme song "Million Voices" for the movie Hotel Rwanda, which was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2005. The same song was later nominated for a Grammy Award in 2006.^[1] Other film credits includeThe Manchurian Candidate, Dave Chappelle's "Block Party," and "50 First Dates."

In 2001, Wonda built Platinum Sound Recording Studios in Times Square, NYC.

Wonda and Wyclef co-founded non-profit Yéle Haiti providing assistance to Haiti in education, health, environment and community development. “We created Yele Haiti because we are from Haiti,” said Wonda. “We want to give people from the impoverished nation equal access to education and opportunity and equip them with the necessary tools to be self reliant.” Wonda has hosted several diplomats and activists to the country including former President Bill Clinton,Angelina Jolie, and Petra Nemcova.

In 2009, Wonda began producing music on his own, founding a production company called Wonda Music and placing his first major record with teen sensation, Justin Bieber for "U Smile." He has since followed up several placements to include artists Mary J. Blige, Musiq Soulchild, Keri Hilson, Estelle, Busta Rhymes, Miguel and Lupe Fiasco. Wonda began signing artists, producers, and songwriters to his Wonda Music imprint, beginning with Sean McGee, Annekei and a young musician/producer named Famey Miscellaney. Producers Arden 'Keyz' Altino, Akene 'the Champ' Dunkley, Oliver 'Akos' Castelli and Harold O'Neal signed to the label shortly after.

Artists currently on the Wonda Music roster include Famey Miscellaney, Viviane Ndour (Viviane) and Olivia Longott.

Song title	Artist	Album	Year
"Wonderland"	Keyshia Cole featuring Elijah Blake	Woman to Woman	2012
"Blame"	K'La featuring Nas	TBD	2012
"Fade Away"	Selah Sue	Selah Sue	2012
"Make It Shake"	Machel Montano featuring Busta Rhymes, Olivia, and Fatman Scoop	Wonda Music	2012
"Do You..."	Miguel	Kaleidoscope Dream	2012
"Freedom Ride"	Keri Hilson	Think Like a Man (Soundtrack)	2012
"Soldier Girl ft. Mavado"	Olivia	Album Title TBD	2012
"Hurt Somebody ft. French Montana"	Akon	Stadium/Konkrete Jungle	2012
"Survivor ft. Mavado"		Album Title TBD	2012
"The Woman You Love ft. Busta Rhymes"	Ashanti	Braveheart	2012
"Back to Love"	Estelle	All of Me	2012
"Wonderful Life"
"Thank You"
"Never Let Go ft. Keri Hilson"	Anthony Hamilton	Back to Love	2011
"Feel Inside ft. Nas"	Mary J. Blige	My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1)	2011
"Don't Mind"
"Over Love"
"Someone to Love Me (Naked)"	Mary J. Blige featuring Diddy & Lil Wayne
"Never Forget You"	Lupe Fiasco featuring John Legend	Lasers	2011
"Out of My Head"	Lupe Fiasco featuring Trey Songz
"Rough Boy"	Wyclef Jean	ZZ Top – A Tribute From Friends	2011
"Anything"	Musiq Soulchild featuring Swizz Beatz	MusiqInTheMagiq	2011
"Say I Do"	Musiq Soulchild
"Silver & Gold"
"Back to Where"
"Waiting Still"
"Southern Hospitality"	Hal Linton		2010
"All the Boys"	Keri Hilson	No Boys Allowed	2010
"U Smile"	Justin Bieber	My World 2.0	2010
"You've Got a Friend"	Ron Isley featuring Aretha Franklin	Mr. I	2010
"Someone to Love Me"	Diddy Dirty Money	Last Train to Paris	2010
"Grown Man"	Gucci Mane featuring Estelle	The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted	2010
"Dollar Sign"	Gucci Mane		2010
"Ice Cream Girl"	Sean Kingston		2010
"Bedtime Story"	Buju Banton	Rasta Got Soul	2010
"Ballin"	Haitian Fresh featuring Wyclef	NBA Live 2010	2010
"Spanish Fly"	Aventura	The Last	2009
"Spy"	Shakira	She Wolf	2009
"You Think You Got It Bad"	Lyfe Jennings	Lyfe Change	2008
"Wild Wild Wild"			2008
Various	Wyclef Jean	Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant	2008
"Rollout"	Labelle	Back To Now	2008
"So Much Out the Way"	Estelle	Shine	2008
"No Substitute Love"
"My Swag"	T.I.	T.I. vs. T.I.P.	2008
"You Know What It Is"
"Coqui"	Omarion	Feel the Noise Soundtrack	2007
"I'm Coming Home"	Lionel Richie	Coming Home	2006
"I Apologize"
"Hips Don't Lie"	Shakira	Oral Fixation Vol. 2	2006
"Dangerous"	Ying Yang Twins	Chemically Imbalanced	2006
"Million Voices"	Hotel Rwanda	Hotel Rwanda Soundtrack	2004
Various	Wyclef Jean	Creole 101	2004
		The Preacher's Son	2003
	Tom Jones	Mr. Jones	2003
	Wyclef Jean	Masquerade	2002
	Jimmy Cozier	Jimmy Cozier	2001
Loving You (Ole Ole Ole)	Brian Harvey	Solo	2001
Hit Them With It
Various	City High	City High	2001
	Wyclef Jean	The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book	2000
"Loving Your Best"	Eric Benet	A Day in the Life	1999
Various	Destiny's Child	The Writing's on the Wall	1999
"My Love is Your Love"	Whitney Houston	My Love is Your Love	1998
Various	Pras	Ghetto Supastar	1998
	Canibus	Can-I-Bus	1998
	98 Degrees	98 Degrees and Rising	1998
	Wyclef Jean	The Carnival	1997
	The Fugees	The Score	1997