MTV caught up with the boy Hov, who explained his absence from the “We Are The World” 25th Anniversary track.

“I know everybody is gonna take this wrong: ‘We Are the World,’ I love it, and I understand the point and think it’s great. But I think ‘We Are the World’ is like [Michael Jackson's] ‘Thriller’ to me. I don’t ever wanna see it touched. I’m a fan of music. I know the plight and everything that’s going on in Haiti. I applaud the efforts: [Millions have been raised] through text [donations] to Haiti. So I appreciate the efforts and everything, but ‘We are the World’ is [musically] untouchable like ‘Thriller’ is untouchable. Some things are just untouchable. It was a valiant effort, but for me, it’s gonna be untouchable.”

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Various Artists - We Are The World (25 For Haiti) - PURCHASE & DONATE HERE

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JonJohn was in attendance at the HipHop 4 Haiti fundraising event. The show included performances by the legandary Sugar Hill Gang, Naughty by Nature, Drag-on, Doitall, Math Hoffa, Styles P, Emilio Rojas, & Nyoil. Saigon was in the building along with other such as Poison Pen & Nems amongst others. Check out the cipher backstage with Henn Dog of sugar hill gang, Emilio Rojas, Poison Pen, & Nems.

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Melanie covers Bob Marley’s classic in her apartment.

Melanie is not well so get well soon!

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www.hopeforhaitinow.org

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Rolling Stones have more details on the Jay-Z & Bono track, which is produced on Swizz Beatz.

The track is called “Stranded” and will debut with a live performance on the Haiti telethon tomorrow.

Bono wrote the hook for “Stranded” — his new Haiti benefit single with Jay-Z and Rihanna, which is subtitled either “Haiti Mon Amour” or “Haiti Mi Amore” — while on the phone with producer Swizz Beatz. “The idea of the song is ‘We’re not gonna leave you stranded’ and that’s what the chorus is,” Swizz Beatz tells Rolling Stone. “So me and Bono started going back and forth with ideas, and he was like, ‘You know this word stranded keeps standing out to me’ and I asked him to sing it, and he put me on hold ’cause he’s recording the ideas on a Dictaphone — so he did it there and then on the phone.”

Swizz Beatz got the song started by sending simultaneous texts to Jay-Z and Bono — but when they both called, he accidentally hung up on Jay while trying to conference them. After three hours of phone tag, they all agreed to the project, which came together in geographically scattered sessions, with extra production work by the Edge. “I knew that Jay would be able to tell a story, and that Bono would be able to sing and bring it home. The last component that I added was Rihanna, and she’s kinda like the angel that’s on the track, softening it up and giving it that caring feeling, because this hook is so powerful.”

The song will debut with a live performance on Friday night’s multi-network telethon for Haiti, and will soon be released as a single on iTunes, according to Swizz Beatz.

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