The singer is teaming up with producer Quincy Jones to re-record his 1985 hit with an all-star cast to benefit HaitiLionel Richie and Quincy Jones will record a new version of We Are the World to benefit Haiti. The veteran stars are honouring the son... more info

MTV.com News — 'I wanna lend a helping hand anyway that I can,' Chicago MC says of organizing a benefit concert in his hometown.By Shaheem Reid Twista Photo: Jason LaVeris/ FilmMagic Twista wants to do all he can to help Haiti — the Chicago rapper is h... more info

MTV.com News — Band will perform at telecast, airing Friday at 8 p.m. ET/PT.By James Montgomery Coldplay Photo: Eamonn McCormack/ WireImage LONDON — In 2002, Coldplay's Chris Martin went to Haiti. What he saw there — proud-yet-poor people facing over... more info

MTV.com News — Singer's Barefoot Foundation has done similar work for children in Colombia.By Jayson Rodriguez Photo: Neil Mockford/ FilmMagic Pop superstar Shakira announced on Thursday that her U.S.-based Barefoot Foundation will partner with Architectu... more info

MTV.com News — Donate to Hope For Haiti Now; telecast airs Friday at 8 p.m. ET/PT.By Tinsel Korey Tinsel Korey Photo: George Pimentel/ WireImage [Editor's Note: In response to the crisis in Haiti, the world's top stars are coming together tonight for MTV... more info

MTV.com News — Group will record R.E.M.'s 'Everybody Hurts'; Coldplay, Paul McCartney have also been approached.By Jocelyn Vena Leona Lewis Photo: Theo Wargo/WireImage for Clear Channe Leona Lewis, Rod Stewart and Michael Bublé have all signed on for Si... more info

MTV.com News — 'We are loving people, and this [event] is a great example of that,' Wyclef says of telethon, airing tonight at 8 p.m.By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Gil Kaufman Wyclef Jean Photo: MTV News It's well known that Wyclef Jean, w... more info

MTV.com News — Hip-hop band will back up Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, more at 'Hope for Haiti Now.'By Gil Kaufman ?uestlove Photo: MTV News "Time is definitely of the essence." That was the simple message Roots drummer ?uestlove said about why the hip... more info

VH1 News — We caught up with Wyclef Jean at the rehearsals for the "Hope for Haiti" global telethon, airing Friday at 8 p.m. ET. more info

Guardian Music — Chris Salmon is unnerved as the internet reads his musical mindIt was revealed this week that Oxford University has added Spotify to its prohibited websites list because students were consuming so much of the university's bandwidth using the free mus... more info