A.R.Rahman in "We Are the World' re-recording to raise funds for Haiti earthquake relief "

Los Angeles, Feb 3 (PTI) Grammy award winning Indian musician AR Rahman joined voices with some of the biggest names in the music industry like Celine Dion, Lionel Richie, Barbara Streisand and Kanye West to record a cover of Michael Jackson's peace anthem 'We Are The World'.

The 44-year-old singer-composer who picked up two golden gramophones over the weekend, headed straight to the studio afterwards to record the song which will help raise money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake, along with 80 other artistes .

"At the re-recording of 'We Are The World' to raise funds for the Haiti earthquake," tweeted Rahman.
Legendary producer Quincy Jones and singer Lionel Richie invited Rahman, who won two Oscar awards last year for the soundtrack of the hit movie 'Slumdog Millionaire', to participate in the new charity single, reported Los Angeles Times.

Proceeds of the song will go straight to the people of Haiti, who are recovering from the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake on January 12.

The star-studded group also included Akon, Usher, Jeff Bridges, Miley Cyrus, Will.I.Am, Natalie Cole, Toni Braxton, Nicole Scherzinger, Jason Mraz and Brian Wilson.

The charity single comes 25 years after the song was originally composed by Jackson and producer Quincy Jones to raise money for Live Aid.

Interestingly the 'King of Pop' had expressed a desire to work with Rahman just two months before he died in June last year.

courtesy of yahoo