Nelly Furtado to donate Kadhafi money
AFP
OTTAWA- Grammy-winning Canadian singer Nelly Furtado said Monday she would give away $1 million dollars she received from Moamer Kadhafi for a performance four years ago in Italy.
"In 2007, I received $1 million from the Kadhafi clan to perform a 45-minute show for guests at a hotel in Italy," Furtado said in a Twitter message. "I am going to donate the money."
She did not reveal to whom she would donate the money.
Furtado, 32, skyrocketed to fame with her 2000 debut album "Whoa, Nelly!," which included the hit single "I'm Like a Bird."
She won a Grammy for best female pop vocal performance for the multi-platinum album, but her 2003 follow-up "Folklore," which used more acoustic grooves, was less successful.
Furtado grew up in the westernmost Canadian city of Victoria, the daughter of immigrant parents from Portugal's mid-Atlantic Azores islands.
Pop stars Beyonce, Usher, Mariah Carey and Lionel Ritchie were reportedly paid up to $1 million dollars each to perform for members of Kadhafi's family in recent years.
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Furtado, 32, skyrocketed to fame with her 2000 debut album "Whoa, Nelly!," which included the hit single "I'm Like a Bird."
She won a Grammy for best female pop vocal performance for the multi-platinum album, but her 2003 follow-up "Folklore," which used more acoustic grooves, was less successful.
Furtado grew up in the westernmost Canadian city of Victoria, the daughter of immigrant parents from Portugal's mid-Atlantic Azores islands.
Pop stars Beyonce, Usher, Mariah Carey and Lionel Ritchie were reportedly paid up to $1 million dollars each to perform for members of Kadhafi's family in recent years.
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