{"id":63658,"date":"2015-10-26T07:42:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T12:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=63658"},"modified":"2025-01-29T05:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T10:03:07","slug":"usher-and-harry-belafonte-talk-activism-art-during-joint-appearance-in-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/10\/26\/usher-and-harry-belafonte-talk-activism-art-during-joint-appearance-in-new-york-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Usher and Harry Belafonte talk activism, art during joint appearance in New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_63659\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63659\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Usher-and-Belafonte.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-63659\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Usher-and-Belafonte.png\" alt=\"Usher and Harry Belafonte (Photo from Usher's official Instagram account)\" width=\"588\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Usher-and-Belafonte.png 588w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Usher-and-Belafonte-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Usher-and-Belafonte-298x300.png 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-63659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Usher and Harry Belafonte (Photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/howuseeit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Usher&#8217;s official Instagram account<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2013 As he considered his growing commitment to activism, Usher only needed to look at the man seated next to him, Harry Belafonte, to know how much more he could give.<\/p>\n<p>During an hourlong conversation this weekend moderated by Soledad O\u2019Brien, the 37-year-old Usher and 88-year-old Belafonte related with obvious warmth to each other as fellow artists, activists and celebrities and as elder statesman and protege.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy levitra soft online <a href=\"https:\/\/panthermedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/png\/levitra-soft.html\">https:\/\/panthermedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/png\/levitra-soft.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Usher called Belafonte a hero, mentor and father figure.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy rybelsus online <a href=\"https:\/\/panthermedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/png\/rybelsus.html\">https:\/\/panthermedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/png\/rybelsus.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> And Belafonte spoke far more positively about young black celebrities than he did two years ago when he chastised Jay Z, Beyonce and others for turning \u201ctheir back on social responsibility.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy provigil online <a href=\"https:\/\/panthermedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/png\/provigil.html\">https:\/\/panthermedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/png\/provigil.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan, Jay Z was in the audience nodding his head as Belafonte praised him, Usher and Common for renewing a commitment to change after a \u201cvery me\u201d generation immediately following the civil rights era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2013 As he considered his growing commitment to activism, Usher only needed to look at the man seated 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