{"id":579265,"date":"2010-05-26T06:02:20","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T10:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/?p=13172"},"modified":"2010-05-26T06:02:20","modified_gmt":"2010-05-26T10:02:20","slug":"bono%e2%80%99s-words-for-alicia-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/579265","title":{"rendered":"Bono\u2019s Words For Alicia Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/4562629994_a09baac7e0_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"181\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13174\" \/>Singer, songwriter Alicia Keys agreed when U2 band member-philantropist Bono reminded her that fame is a currency \u2013 either use it for good or lose it, shares <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/moslive\/article-1279408\/Alicia-Keys-Bono-told-fame-currency--use-lose-it.html\">DailyMail<\/a>. Now that she has become famous, Keys said she must make good out of it having witnessed people suffer around the world. And so her charity <a href=\"http:\/\/keepachildalive.org\/about\/\">Keep A Child Alive<\/a> was born. It is a foundation that provides health care and support to children and families affected by HIV\/AIDS in Africa.  It has raised $2.4 million so far and helped 250,000 people in eight different sites. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was so moved to meet people in Africa who have so little and yet are so generous, people who&#8217;ve been to hell and back but retain their dignity and are fighting for their dreams. The charity gives people the chance to chase those dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the celebrities who support the cause are Gwyneth Paltrow, Denzel Washington, Magic Johnson, Kirsten Dunst, Paul McCartney, Bono, Avril Lavigne, and  Ashley Simpson, to name a few. <\/p>\n<p>Keys will host the Black Ball 2010, May 27 at St. John Smith\u2019s Square, London. Black Ball is an annual fund-raiser event featuring performances by Alicia Keys and various artists. <\/p>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/entertainment\/2010\/greg-giraldo-as-celebrity-guest-for-nbc%e2%80%99s-the-marriage-ref\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Greg Giraldo As Celebrity Guest For NBC\u2019s The Marriage Ref'>Greg Giraldo As Celebrity Guest For NBC\u2019s The Marriage Ref<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/entertainment\/2010\/chaz-bono-became-a-man-today\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Chaz Bono Became a Man Today'>Chaz Bono Became a Man Today<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/entertainment\/2010\/chaz-bono-cher%e2%80%99s-daughter-is-now-a-man-no-more-chastity-bono\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Chaz Bono: Cher\u2019s daughter is now a man! No More Chastity Bono'>Chaz Bono: Cher\u2019s daughter is now a man! No More Chastity Bono<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/sevensidedcube\/OXLF\/~4\/PfFLwnjV41Y\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer, songwriter Alicia Keys agreed when U2 band member-philantropist Bono reminded her that fame is a currency \u2013 either use it for good or lose it, shares DailyMail. Now that she has become famous, Keys said she must make good out of it having witnessed people suffer around the world. And so her charity Keep [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-579265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}