Let’s rewind back on the drug abuse blog we did in February and try not to focus on musicians in a negative light all the time. When given support and opportunity our entertainers can really impact our world in a positive way. Adult contemporary singer Lionel Richie proved this in the ninety’s when he gathered over 30 artists to perform the Michael Jackson smash hit “We Are the World” to raise funds and awareness for the impoverished and war affected countries in the African content.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World
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| (Various artists performing the lionel richie produced song for africa -source: we are the world.com) |
The song was then used again to raise funds and awareness for
Haiti, which was hit by one of the biggest earthquakes that most scientists have ever witnessed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World_25_for_Haiti. Coordinated by the
Haiti born world renowned reggae artist Wyclef Jean and assisted by Grammy award winner pop sensation Will I Am. But this time the power of social media posed as an advantage when artists could tweet about the matter and engage with organisations on a more intimate platform.
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| (Various artists performing to raise awareness for africa-source: we are the world.co.za) |
http://www.parade.com/celebrity/trend-blend/slideshows/musicians-who-give-back.html#?slideindex=0But one artist who has been active in giving back is R&B superstar Alicia Keys who has been involved in different philanthropic projects especially those related to youth development and diseases including Aids and social issues in Africa.http://mtvmeets.com/d.ph?&PageID=780&IX=7718 She also gave a motivational lecture on Mtv base sponsored by MTN where she sat down with young educated pupils who are inspired to bring about change in the African continent. Surely some of our artists do help the needy.
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| (Alicia Keys poses at a photo shoot-source: google) |
its always good to see musician giving their money and time to helping out, especially during the haiti crisis
ReplyDeleteit's good that celebrities are also involved in events of giving back to people who need that shows that they are human after all, its a good thing they must keep it up
ReplyDeleteIt is good to see musicians working together in uplifting the lives of the poor, this should be a lesson to other wanna - be musicians that they should not forget poor people.
ReplyDeleteAs was reading just had to play Lucky Dube’s ‘Together as one’ in the background. A great initiative by Alicia Keys, I could tell from her ‘Empire state of mind-Broken’ tune that she has a caring heart; she sings about somebody who’ll have hunger than that of an empty fridge.
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