Legendary producer Quincy Jones and singer Lionel Richie invited Rahman, to participate in the new charity single.
Grammy award winning Indian musician AR Rahman will join 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 .
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 The 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 includes 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. The 'Mozart of Madras' had revealed that the 'Thriller' hitmaker was keen on making music with him.
"I met him two months before he died and he expressed an interest in working with me," Rahman said. "Meeting him was everything and changed my life. He loved stuff I did and I loved stuff he did. He was such a nice person," he added.
Legendary producer Quincy Jones said that the song was the perfect way to raise awareness about the need to help those in pain.
"It's the 25th anniversary and it's perfect timing. It's not an accident, man. That's God. It will be We Are the World for Haiti," said Jones.
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