Various celebs participated in the BET SOS Saving Ourselves – Help for Haiti benefit concert and telethon at AmericanAirlines Arena on Friday night (February 5) in Miami, Florida. It was one of the many relief benefit events going on in Miami right now during Super Bowl Weekend. Peep more photos below.
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- wyclef on stage
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- nas and damien marley
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- monica and akon
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- tyson ritter, chris brown and luda
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- keri hilson
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- queen latifah, diddy and pharrell
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- luda and justin bieber
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- venus & serena
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- spike lee and common
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- chris brown on stage
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- justin bieber and chris brown
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- chris brown & robin thicke
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- pharrell and chris brown backstage
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- damien marley on stage
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- busta
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- mike tyson and chris brown
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- chris and ll cool j
( Photos: GETTY IMAGES )
@BackingBarack: Um…No. 47 was right! Its not just them that feels that way? What does you comment have to do with the post! Your comments always come off as hateful and just straight up ignorant! People usually just ignore your ass but I am glad someone finally addressed you! You really are a ignorant jackass and someone needed to call you ass out! Don’t get pissy cause people called you out on your BS!
Anyways, the show was really decent! CB was the best!
Chris’s perfromance was really good. It’s almost like the warm welcome and the love helped him to relax and let go. It almost looked like he was on stage releasing all of that negative energy that he had been carrying since , he made that very wrong and serious decision. Sometimes love is what it takes for people to realize and embrace their errors, and love is what it takes to restore them.
@ dion_ish: the Brits stil luv him and there r mostly white ppl here…jst sayin
Glad 2 see him performing again, Justin Bieber..i cant stand dat boy omd
Luv Queen Latifah and Mary
@BackingObama
Despite the incoherence, I’m going to have to agree with his rant.
The show was a complete mess and noticeably unorganized. Every of these celebrities are just trying to make a quick buck out of a disaster…and its not just BET. Its all these so-called “fundraisers”. All of these celebrities could get together and eradicate the third world debt if they wanted.
This disaster is being capitalized upon and I’m interested into knowing where this money is actually going when all of it is done.
Haiti was never uttered out of any of these peoples mouths when corruption soiled that country. Baby Doc managed to successfully lock up a trust fund in Switzerland with Haiti’s money…Where were these stupid celebrities then? How do we know that Preval isn’t doing the same?
While efforts are being made for the country, these celebrities are making a mockery of the cause. Please keep helping Haiti, but make sure you send it to the right people.
@62–Bing–well said.
I notice in that photo with Justin that Chris has a new tattoo (at least I’ve never noticed it before) on his right hand around/near his thumb, where Rihanna has hers, which is also fairly new. Very cool. I’d always seen the skull with halo tat, but this one is new to me.
@Dion-ish: You may not have mentioned ‘white’ people, but it was obvious who you were hinting at! You can see in the video of him performing that he was clearly embraced by the audience! There were lots of white people in the audience and during his performance of “With You’ they even cut to a group of white women who were up off their feet singing along to the music. The crowd loved him! He got one of the best responses of the night!
You may ‘think’ you are stating the obvious, but you are not! He has only released two singles off of his new album! ‘Transform Ya’ wasn’t really aimed at the pop crowd. It was more for urban radio. It debuted at No. 57 and peaked at 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 (thats the pop charts) and 11 on the Billboard r&b charts! It made top twenty on the charts and it really wasn’t a strong single to begin with! Given the fact that CB is mostly known for his performances, and he didn’t get to perform it on ANY nationalized TV shows like before, that is great! The only time he could perform it was on his Fan Appreciation Tours, that didn’t reach as broad an audience as it could if he had performed on TV like at the Haiti event! He is the type of artist that really needs to be out at Awards shows, morning shows and talk shows to promote himself! His performances are what really get people talking, and if he is no where to be seen, his songs don’t get to reach a broader audience! At least here in the states. But “Transform Ya’ actually charted better overseas than here in the states, like in Australia and New Zealand, which are obviously not heavily r&b influences countries!
‘Crawl’ is only the second single off of his current album ‘Graffiti’ and it is the only one that hasn’t performed well on the charts! But you can tell by the reaction of the crowd when the music started that they were familiar with the song!
He has 20 songs total on the deluxe version. As he releases more singles and hopefully gets to perform again, his sales will pick up! He has to get out there again! I have a feeling when his movie comes out in May he will start to getting back to perform again and make appearances at industry events!
Chris was great and looked even BETTER. I pray his 2010 is prosperous one just like it has been for the Saints.
Loved the Nas and Damien performance.
Pharrell looks unusually thin lately, I hope he is well.
Why do people love to knock you down when you are coming back up? Because they are sad people themselves and have nothing good to say about anyone. It was great to see Chris back in his element and the people missed him. He didnot have to get the audience on their feet they stood throughout his songs. As a matter of fact Chris Brown’s record “I Can Transform Ya” has been certified platinum. Why should he worry about being atop the pop chart when he had two singles to debut at the top of the billboard and stay for several weeks, “Run It and Kiss, Kiss”? He has only released three albums and two are platinum and the one titled “Chris Brown” is a double platinum. Graffiti will pick up once he hit the road. I will not even touch how many of his singles are platinum and double platinum. If Chris did not sing a note he has writing credits on so many artists songs and he is an actor so he will be ok. He not dependent on just his voice. Have you forgot he and his writing team wrote exGF “Distrubia” which maybe while some of you are posting negatively about him. You sad pitiful people can throw shade at Chris all you want but you can not stop pure talent. Chris is doing something with his life, how about you?
The performers for the BET Haiti special did not receive any fees for appearing on the show. All the performers were there to do some good whether the show was put together last week or a month ago. The purpose was to raise money and they did their part. Their songs are on Itunes and all monies from the downloads goes to Haiti.Did you contribute or did you pull that I gave at the office or I gave to my church? Yeah, I bet you did.
Chris was truly amazing. My mother and I were jumping in the living room like crazy when that music for “Crawl” came on. So glad he was on the stage where he belongs.
I also loved the performance with Chrisette MIchelle, Jazmine Sullivan, and Indie Arie. They were one of my favorites as well..
@ Backingbarack
I agree completely with you! Don’t mind the haters. I myself am a Haitian and I felt offended. Wyclef is not a representation of me or my country. Haiti is still having aftershocks and more people are dying. They are focusing on the capital but there are other people outside the capital and their only chance to get food or supplies, they have to travel to the capital to get it. Unfortunately, the Haitians will never see the money.
Also, I agree with your point that Hollywood is just a bisexual/homosexual sect/club. All you out there who disagree are idiots and delusional.
@72: Well I disagree with the BOTH of your dumbasses!! Anyone who agrees with that ignorant asswipe ‘BackingBarack’ is as the biggest idiot of them all! Being that you used the word ‘hater’ shows your obvious lack of maturity! YOU are the delusional one! The entire event was about raising money for YOU and your people to help you out in a situation that you obviously cannot get yourselves out of! How would you feel if we just sat back and watched ya’ll suffer and did nothing! It is a huge catastrophe and it will take time before yo start notciing the Do you think we can control aftershocks? Hell did we cause the damn earthquake! Us Americans are doing what we can to help you people and you are complaining about the presentation of the event! Are you effing kidding me!
Whether you like it or not, Wyclef is Haitian, so YES he is a representation of YOU and you people! He is trying to help your simple ass! If it wasn’t for him, many people wouldn’t know or care about raising money for Haiti.
While you sit here bitchin on a blog site, what the hell are you doing to help since you don’t think we are doing enough!
Tell me how this event will help Haiti? Yes, they are taking your money but how will it REALLY help Haiti? You sound so uneducated and ignorant. You must put all your hope in the government and idolize these celebrities you defend, hoping to be them when you grow up. Take your immature non-reading monkey to get your GED because you sound like you never passed the 6th grade. I rather these celebs sit back and do nothing because then they would not be profiting from it and making a mockery (esp Wyclef) of this whole disaster. We do not need a talent show or more publicity. What we need are genuine motivated leaders and actual help. From all the money (approx 1.2 billion) that were raised, the Haitian people have seen maybe 1 million where most of the supplies have not even made it to the people and are not distributed properly STILL. So tell me, where is the money going, since you are omnipresent and know/see everything.
Actually, I do believe the earthquake was man-made, since you asked. Research HAARP. But then again, I assume you never made it past the 8th grade so you would not know how to think outside the box or even think critically. Cuba and Russia also think the earthquake was man made too. But that is besides the point. The point is that it happened and people are in need as well as chaos that needs to be rectified.
Unfortunately, Wyclef is Haitian but he is NOT a representation of me or my people. That is like me saying feces is a representation of you because you are literally sh.it. However, that is not how things work. Wyclef if anything is a poor representation and does not deserve to be the “face” of Haiti. Haitians are intelligent, professional, well-dressed and mannered individuals who are educated and family-oriented. The man can not even speak proper Creole or English for that matter. Wyclef does not care about the Haiti or its people. They approached this fool to be President and temporary leader during this catastrophe and he laughed it off saying that the job did not pay him enough. If it was not for him, many people would not care about or donate to Haiti? You foul fool. People have been donating to Haiti prior to this earthquake through many different organizations other than Yele or Wyclef. Also, before you come at me, at least sound current or up to date. Have you heard of Randall Robinson? Oh damn, I keep forgetting how ignorant you are. He has done alot of work for the people of Haiti long before Wyclef with his organization. The only people you know are these African-American buffoons who love to entertain the white folk in hopes of getting paid. Oh, what faith you have in your idols.