Young Artists for Haiti is a movement to engage Canada’s young musicians to continue to inspire an ongoing effort and contribution to Canadian charities for their work to help the people of Haiti overcome the devastation from the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked the country on January 12, 2010. More than 50 of Canadian artists gathered at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, British Columbia to record a rendition of renowned hip hop artist K’naan’s “Wavin’ Flag”.

Produced by Canadian producer, Bob Ezrin, the song was reworked to include specific lyrics for Haiti and was released on March 12, 2010 with proceeds going to Free The Children, War Child Canada and World Vision Canada. Ezrin stated, “With the wealth of young artists coming out of Canada, it was obvious that this is something we had to do. K’naan’s lyrics in Wavin’ Flag embody the pain, passion and determination of the Haitian people and lend the hope of a brighter future. The response from the artists has been sensational, and I am so proud that together we may help to make a difference.”

Artists

• K’naan
• Nelly Furtado
• Sam Roberts
• Avril Lavigne
• Pierre Bouvier (of Simple Plan)
• Tyler Connolly (of Theory of a Deadman)
• Kardinal Offishall
• Jully Black
• Lights
• Deryck Whibley (of Sum 41)
• Serena Ryder
• Jacob Hoggard (of Hedley)
• Emily Haines (of Metric, Broken Social Scene)
• Arkells
• Lamar Ashe
• Broken Social Scene
• Torquil Campbell
• Canadian Tenors
• Aion Clarke
• Dallas Green (of Alexisonfire)
• Tom Cochrane
• Jim Cuddy (of Blue Rodeo)
• Jim Creeggan (of Barenaked Ladies)
• Kathleen Edwards
• LIGHTS
• Dave Faber (of Faber Drive)
• Jessie Farrell
• Colin James
• Hawksley Workman
• Aubrey Graham
• Chin Injeti
• Pierre Lapointe, Elisapie Isaac, Ima
• Esthero, Corb Lund, Bob Ezrin
• Esthero, Fefe Dobson
• Drake
• Nikki Yanofsky
• Matt Mays
• Justin Nozuka
• Justin Bieber
• Patrick Kordyback (of Stereos)
• Brandon Lehti (of The Latency)
• Colin MacDonald
• Jay Malinowski (of Bedouin Soundclash)
• Stacey McKitrick
• Suzie McNeil
• Guillaume Francoeur
• Stephan Moccio
• Kevin Parent
• Josh Ramsay (of Marianas Trench)
• Red 1
• Hayley Sales
• James Shaw
• Shiloh
• Tim Baker (of Hey Rosetta!)

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