Monday, September 24, 2007
Music news Ne-Yo visits Grady neo-natal, plans benefit concert
Posted by Rodney Carmichael @Rappin_Rodney on Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 9:00 PM
Ne-Yo
(photo by Phil Knott)
Recent Atlanta transplant and R&B singer/songwriter Ne-Yo (Def Jam) visited Grady Memorial Hospital today. Before touring the hospital's cancer center, trauma and neo-natal units with a small entourage including Grady officials, Ne-Yo announced plans to give a concert to benefit the financially ailing hospital.
You can read recent CL columns about Grady's depressed state by Cliff Bostock ("Grady is sicko") and John F. Sugg ("Flatline at Grady").
Ne-Yo has also invited "every artist in Atlanta to participate" in the concert, according to a statement released by his record label today. Even proceeds generated from a star-studded benefit would only amount to a drop in the bucket based on Grady's dire financial need. But maybe it could bring some much-needed public attention to a cause that has mostly been tossed back and forth between political and corporate interests.
The show date has not been confirmed.
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