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Sean Combs, Queen Latifah & Pharrell Williams to Host BET's 'SOS: Saving Ourselves:' Haiti Benefit, 2/5

By: Jan. 29, 2010
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Sean "Diddy" Combs, Queen Latifah, and Pharrell Williams have been announced as the hosts for BET Networks "SOS Saving Ourselves-Help for Haiti." The benefit concert and telethon for earthquake relief in Haiti will take place at the American Airlines Arena in Miami.

The concert will air live on Friday, February 5 from 8pm - 10 pm EST and will be broadcast on BET, MTV, VH1, and Centric. Yéle Haiti, CARE, Project Medishare, and Children's Safe Drinking Water.

The performers will be announced at a later date, but Wyclef is set to perform a special tribute to Haiti.

Sean Combs played Walter Lee Younger in the critically-acclaimed 2004 Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun and the television adaptation which was aired in February 2008. Combs has also won numerous Grammy Awards. Queen Latifah received an Oscar nomination for her role of Mama Morton in the film version of CHICAGO and also played Motormouth Maybelle in the film version of HAIRSPRAY. Pharrell Williams is an award-winning Hip-Hop artist.

Tickets for the concert are available at www.ticketmaster.com.

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