Wyclef Jean Says Being Shot Exposed Haiti

"It brought light to the fact that there was an election going on that day," the hip-hop artist told PEOPLE on Saturday at the Haze Nightclub in Las Vegas. "I don't think none of you all knew about an election in Haiti until everyone heard what happened to me...It was definitely a graze...The bullet didn't go in or anything. There's a lot to the story ... The story is about the fact that we had an election and our party is in the lead. It's a young party, trying to take over the country." (PEOPLE)