Wyclef Jean throws a big charity ball every year to raise money for his "Yele Haiti" foundation. This year's bash raised over one million dollars and saw a suprise appearance from Bono.
Bono jumped onstage unanounced to perform "Redemption Song" with Wyclef. The two first performed the Marley song together back in 1999 for a webcast concert for
NetAid.
It was apparently Bono's second gig of the day, as he reportedly
sang on Bono Formula One boss Flavio Briatore's yacht earlier that day and arrived at Wyclef's ball with Jay-Z.
Jay-Z was a very large presence at the Philadelphia Live 8 show and given his respected position in the rap community, and business prowess, my guess is that Bono was angling to get the rapper even deeper involved in the various Africa initiatives.
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