Linkin Park Leads Music For Haiti Relief Benefit!

As the world reaches out to assist Haiti with relief in the wake of last week's devastating earthquake, the music world is quickly mobilizing to find ways it can help. Linkin Park's non-profit foundation, Music for Relief, has teamed up with the United Nations Foundation, Habitat for Humanity and the Dave Matthews Band's BAMA Works organization's Haitian relief effort for a project called Download to Donate for Haiti.

Linkin Park, Peter Gabriel, Kenna, the Dave Matthews Band, Alanis Morissette, Slash and Beth Hart, the All-American Rejects, Enrique Iglesias and Hoobastank contributed previously unreleased songs for the project, and the artwork was helmed by Shepard Fairey — the album is available now from Music for Relief's Web site.
"Our hearts go out to the people of Haiti," Linkin Park's Chester Bennington said in a statement sent to
MTV News. "We pray that this initiative provides some relief and support to the survivors and hope we inspire our fans, friends and families to make donations as well."
(MTV's "Hope for Haiti" telethon, hosted by George Clooney, Wyclef Jean and CNN's Anderson Cooper, takes place on Friday at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Head here to find more ways you can help with Haitian earthquake relief.)

"We're encouraging people to give what they can," Slash said in a statement. "There's no right or wrong amount. The people of Haiti are in desperate need of food, fresh water, shelter and medical supplies and every little bit helps

Also rapper Wale also threw a benefit concert for Hait.i D.C. artists like Tabi Bonney, D.C. Don Juan, Phil Ade, XO, Kingpen Slim, K-Beta, Que (formerly of Day 26) came out to perform last night at The
 9:30 Club.

Head here to learn more about what you can do to help with earthquake-relief efforts in Haiti, and for more information, see Think MTV. Join George Clooney and Wyclef Jean for MTV's "Hope for Haiti" telethon, airing commercial-free Friday, January 22, at 8 p.m. ET.

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