Nelly Furtado to donate money received from Gaddafi Family
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- Pop singer Nelly Furtado says she will donate $1 million she received from the Gaddafi family to perform a 2007 concert. Furtado is just one of many stars who accepted large sums of money to perform for the Libyan dictator. Mariah Carey, Usher and Beyonce were among other stars who performed at the request of Gaddafi's family.
Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Usher and 50 Cent are facing industry calls to give back the money they earned performing at lavish parties thrown by family members of Libyan dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi. "If it were me, it would go to charity," says Buck Williams, agent for R.E.M. and Widespread Panic. Adds David T. Viecelli, agent for Arcade Fire, "Hopefully donate it to a charity that somehow assists some of the people who have suffered at the hands of that regime."
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