RIHANNA FEELS STRONG BOND WITH HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS=20
Bajan native RIHANNA jumped at the chance to record a charity song benefi= ting the victims of the Haitian earthquake disaster because the devastati= on hit so close to home, it felt like it "happened to Barbados".
The Umbrella beauty has joined forces with mentor Jay-Z, producer Swizz= Beatz and U2 rockers Bono and The Edge for the track Stranded - Haiti Mo= n Amour, which they performed as part of George Clooney’s Hope For Haiti = Now telethon on Friday night (22Jan10).
Rihanna admits she was rocked when news of the earthquake first broke o= n 12 January (10) because she considers any fellow Caribbean native as pa= rt of her extended family.
She says, "In the Caribbean, we think of ourselves as one big family, o= ne country. We’re all together. We all represent each other. It’s like (t= he earthquake) happened to Barbados." The Hope For Haiti Now event, which also featured performances from Mad= onna, Coldplay, Beyonce and Alicia Keys, raised more than $60 million (=C2= =A337.5 million) for the earthquake relief effort.
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