 |
Mariah Carey human rights Angola
Mariah Carey has been slammed by Human Right Groups who were upset she played a private show for the Angolan President,Jode Eduardo Dos Santos.She was reportedly paid $1Million for the gig. Mariah Carey's Mariah's Manager Jermaine Dupri responding had said: I don't feel like we have done anything wrong,' Dupri told the New York Post, admitting that he didn't research Dos
Santos before the trip. 'The president of the United States took pictures with this guy's daughter and congratulated this man on his many years of being in office. If he can rub shoulders with these people than why is Mariah Carey being accused of doing something wrong?'
The President's daughter is also head of the Angolan Red Cross, which reportedly received $65,000 in benefit funds from the concert.
 |
| Mariah in Angola |
Dupri said that the idea for the concert was proposed by an intermediary for the Red Cross, asking 'Why don't you attack them?'
He also alleged that Carey didn't even know Dos Santos was there, though she said during the performance how honored she was to share the show with the Angolan president. After the show, a professional photographer snapped Carey smiling with Dos Santos and his family.
This isn't the first time that Carey has drawn heat for taking money from a shady leader.
Human Rights Foundation president Thor Halvorssen spoke with Dupri over the phone this week.
'He [Dupri] said "She is not sorry"' Halvorssen said, adding that Dupri told him that Carey is 'not involved in human rights matters'.
Dupri denied he said any of that.
'That guys trying to twist my words and make it seem like I don't give a f*** about nothing' Dupri responded.
But Halvorssen said it's clear that Dupri could care less.
'Dupri exemplifies the hypocrisy, the greed, and the willful ignorance of managers and performers who pose for photos at human rights events one day and accept copious amounts of blood diamond money on the next day,' Halvorssen said.
SOURCE