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12.03.10 — Young Artists for Haiti’s Video
MuchMusic brings Canadians a video from Young Artists For Haiti. Last month, singer/songwriter K’Naan gathered with more than 50 friends from Canada’s music community to record a new rendition of his beautifully poignant single, Wavin’ Flag. The powerful, four-minute video for this incredible single premieres on MuchMusic www.muchmusic.com Thursday, March 11th. at midnight.
“As a proud supporter of the Canadian music industry, MuchMusic is thrilled to showcase K’Naan’s Wavin’ Flag music video for our fans the moment it’s available,” said Brad Schwartz, Senior Vice-President and General Manager, Much MTV Group, CTV Inc. “The message of the song is universal. The collaboration by all these young artists from our musical community shows the true generosity and solidarity of the Canadian spirit.”
Dubbing themselves Young Artists for Haiti, those involved in the single include Drake, Metric’s , Jully Black, Emily Haines, Avril Lavigne, Justin Bieber, Nelly Furtado, Broken Social Scene and many more. The song was also selected as the official song of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
All proceeds from the sale of the single go to Free The Children, War Child Canada, and World Vision Canada in support of their on-the-ground efforts in Haiti. To donate www.facebook.com/youngartistsforhaiti