Saturday, February 6, 2010

S.O.S: Help for Haiti

Yep, another telethon to raise funds in order to help Haiti. A couple of weeks ago, many stars ranging from actors to singers to activists came together for the Help For Haiti Now campaign to raise money for the relief efforts in the aftermath of the deadly earthquakes in Haiti. So far, nearly $90 million has been raised. Last night, media broadcasting company Viacom, which owns the three music networks BET, MTV and VH1, decided that another telethon was needed. This time, S.O.S: Saving Ourselves - Help for Haiti,there were mostly popular African-American singers and rappers, and some actors. I'm not sure how much would be raised with this benefit concert, which was held in Miami and hosted by Queen Latifah, Diddy and Pharrell, as it was only aired on those three aforementioned networks. I'm sure millions of us have donated all that we could by now. Many stars that came out includes Justin Bieber, Busta Rhymes, Monica, Mary J. Blige, Kirk Franklin, India.Arie, Ludacris, Jazmine Sullivan, Akon, Spike Lee, Wyclef Jean, former President Bill Clinton, Robin Thicke, Keri Hilson, Mike Tyson, Chrisette Michele, Ne-Yo and Chris Brown, who was warmly welcomed by fans (audience and Twitter) as he gave his first televised performance since the domestic violence incident that occurred one year ago. Here are a few performances from the concert:

Chris Brown - Crawl/With You


Monica featuring Ludacris - Still Standing


Kirk Franklin featuring India.Arie, Chrisette Michele and Jazmine Sullivan - Are You Listening?


Mary J. Blige featuring Jazmine Sullivan - Gonna Make It/One


Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris - One Less Lonely Girl/Never Let You Go/Baby 


Nas and Damien Marley


I'm sooooo glad Bouncy wasn't there to perform because if I had to hear "Haiti, I can see your halo" one more time....but didn't it seem like little Justin was taking notes from her during his performance of "Baby"? "Haiti, Haiti, Haiti, Haiti, Hai---" STFU!!!!

1 comment:

deonte' k said...

some I enjoyed, some I didnt!