Gadhafi children pay Usher, Mariah Carey big bucks
I wouldn’t turn down a cool million to sing for anyone, but the list of pop stars that performed for the kids of Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi is interesting.
For $1 million, you can do better.
The New York Times, citing cables obtained by WikiLeaks, says songstress Mariah Carey was paid $1 million to belt out four songs on the Caribbean island of St. Barts for Gadhafi’s son, Seif al-Islam, whom you may remember from the rambling speech that kicked off the recent carnage.
Another son, Muatassim, Libya’s national security adviser, allegedly hired Beyoncé and Usher to entertain at another New Year’s bash.
One can only assume Mariah and the gang have never heard of the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
I don’t know about you, but if I have a million to blow, I’m hiring Wilco, or at least Son Volt for my Tyco-like throw-down.
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Sun House
February 24th, 2011
7:05 pm
If you’re going to pay that much, you should know that it’s spelled ‘Son Volt’
Money Rules
February 24th, 2011
7:09 pm
Money is God for most in the entertainment field. They’ll forsake all ethics/values (if any) if the price is right. Sickening. Pleading ignorance is NOT good enough. Don’t the sycophants who work for these singers have a clue? Couldn’t they fill in these celebs? I guess everyone just wants to GET PAID.
Grandma
February 24th, 2011
7:15 pm
Some will sell their soul to the devil for a dollar.
Sam in GA
February 24th, 2011
7:15 pm
These performers have a right to work for anyone that will pay their fees. Please remember that most of the Southern USA was built on the backs of slaves. Get a life.
luckydog
February 24th, 2011
7:17 pm
These filth will do anything for cash!
mdee
February 24th, 2011
7:18 pm
Pretty cheap price to pay for somebody’s soul
GA n VA
February 24th, 2011
7:19 pm
Oh God. Here we go again with the “slave” story. Sam, YOU need to get a life.
ant banks
February 24th, 2011
7:23 pm
Sam in GA,
you sir, are a douchebag!! gadhafi blew up a plane with american citizens on it, makin’ him an enemy of america. his “seeds”, (sons) are surely share in his “love” for america. for an american citizen to take money from an enemy who killed citizens is a damn shame.
what usher and mariah have done is similar to what jane fonda did when she was takin’ effin pictures with the viet congs, while we were at war.
Sam in GA, georgia is ranked #48 in education, outta 50 states. YOU ARE THE FRUIT OF THAT. LOL
GA n VA
February 24th, 2011
7:26 pm
wahhhhh wahhhh wahhhh why don’t you cry about it…
B Real
February 24th, 2011
7:27 pm
I will boycott anything these two looooosers do, have to have some accountability. Money Hores