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OSLO January 23, 2010 – Rihanna says she will perform
a new song called "Stranded" with rapper Jay-Z and U2's The Edge and
Bono at Friday's "Hope for Haiti" telethon in London.
During the taping of a Norwegian talk show in Oslo on Thursday, the R&B
superstar said she feels drawn to the cause because of Haiti's proximity
to her home country of Barbados.
"In the Caribbean, we think of ourselves as one big family, one
country," Rihanna told the host of the show, Fredrik Skavlan. "We're all
together. We all represent each other."
She said she felt "great sadness" when thinking about the humanitarian
disaster that struck Haiti following a Jan. 12 earthquake.
"It's like it happened to Barbados," she said.
"Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief" will be an
international event. Haitian native Wyclef Jean will anchor the show
from New York, while George Clooney will do so from Los Angeles.
Coldplay is also to perform from London.
The funds raised from the benefit will be donated to several relief
organizations, including UNICEF, Oxfam America and Partners in Health.
Source: The Associated Press
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