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Hope For Haiti Now

Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief
By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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Power of Love

Last year Jennifer Hudson performed a touching rendition of “Let it Be” at the “Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief.”

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Earthquakes Won’t Break Us

Bono, Jay-Z and Rihanna performed the song, “Stranded” which was penned by Bono for Haiti.

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Touch a Life

John Legend sang a haunting version of “Motherless Child” during the “Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief.”

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Thank You!

Stevie Wonder manned the phones at the Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief telethon.

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Love from Within

Mary J Blige with Sting at the ’Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief."

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Help For the Children

Blige sang the folk classic, “Hard Times Come Again No More.”

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Everything Counts

Chris Rock manned the phones for the telethon portion of the Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief."

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Time to Give

Randy Jackson and actor Samuel L. Jackson manned the phones for the telethon portion of the Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief."

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Hope for Haiti Now

Christina Aguilera performed the song, “Lift Me Up” at the Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief."

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Singing from the Heart

Rihanna also performed at the Hope For Haiti Now concert, a global benefit for earthquake relief, at The Hospital Club on January 22, 2010 in London, England.

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Here to Help

In London, Beyonce collaborated with Coldplay’s Chris Martin for an unplugged version of her hit, “Halo” at the Hope For Haiti Now concert, a global benefit for earthquake relief.

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Say a Prayer for Haiti

Madonna performed at the ‘Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief’ at Kaufman Studios on January 22, 2010 in Astoria in the Queens borough of New York City.

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Close to Home

Also in London, Wyclef Jean and his sister Melky performed the song, “Rivers of Babylon” during the Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief.

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Haiti I Can See Your Halo

Beyonce at the Hope For Haiti Now concert, a global benefit for earthquake relief, at The Hospital Club on January 22, 2010 in London, England.

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Give What You Can

Justin Timberlake also manned the phones during the Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief telethon in Los Angeles, California.

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