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The Roots
The Roots


Background information
Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genre(s) Hip-hop
Jazz
Soul
Rock
Funk
Years active 1987—present
Label(s) Def Jam Recordings
Geffen Records
Interscope Records
Island Def Jam Music Group
MCA Records
DGC Records
Website Website
Members
Black Thought
Questlove
Kamal Gray
F. Knuckles
Captain Kirk Douglas
Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson
Owen Biddle
Former members
Ben Kenney
Kenyatta "Kid Crumbs" Warren
Josh "Rubberband" Abrams
Malik B.
Rahzel
Scott Storch
Martin Luther
Scratch
Dice Raw
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Simon Cowell's Haiti Charity Single Video Premieres

February 8, 2010
Simon Cowell's Haiti Charity Single Video PremieresThe video for Simon Cowell's charity single for the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti has received its global premeire.

The six-minute long video features both the song's performers and images from the devastated country.

The cover of 'Everybody Hurts' by R.E.M. was recorded at studios in Los Angeles and London last month.

The song, which features artists including Leona Lewis, Cheryl Cole and Take That, went on sale digitally yesterday (February 7) and on CD today (February 8).

All proceeds from the charity single will go to The Sun's Helping Haiti fund and the official Disasters Emergency Committee.

More than 200,000 people were killed in the earthquake on January 12.

Watch the video now below:

(by Jason Gregory)



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