Doja Cat has used her headlining look at this yr’s International Citizen Fest to concern a name to motion on to her followers, one by which she’s already taken the lead.
The annual live performance passed off in New York Metropolis’s Central Park on Saturday (September 28) and hosted a crowd of 60,000 followers in individual, along with numerous others who tuned in on-line. Following her efficiency, Doja took a second to handle the viewers, reinforcing the theme set forth for this yr’s pageant.
“Thousands and thousands of males, girls, and kids in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, the Congo and all internationally are struggling,” she started. “In instances like these, it is very important do not forget that collectively, we have now the facility to carry change, love, gentle and hope to those that want it most. I joined forces with International Citizen to assist folks in areas of battle and disaster, and I do know so a lot of you joined me in taking motion to earn your tickets to be right here tonight.
“However we will’t cease now. Please maintain utilizing your voice to assist these fleeing violence get the meals, shelter and schooling they want and really, very a lot deserve. There’s a magnificence and energy in all of you who’re watching this and who select to be right here tonight, and that is our time to place it into what issues most, and that’s life proper now.”
Doja Cat speaks up towards the injustice taking place in Palestine, Ukraine, Sudan, the Congo & different nations at @GlblCtzn pageant tonight.
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) September 29, 2024
Again in June, Doja Cat and Publish Malone had been introduced because the headliners for the 2024 International Citizen Fest.
The occasion additionally featured Rauw Alejandro and Jelly Roll as headliners, with Hugh Jackman returning as host. Extra performers included Lisa (of Okay-Pop group Blackpink), Benson Boone and RAYE.
This yr’s mission for the present was to “drive motion and encourage governments world wide to extend monetary assist for anti-poverty packages, defend and restore the Amazon rainforest, and enhance equitable entry to wholesome meals, stronger well being care methods and schooling,” per a press launch.
In an announcement, Doja Cat mentioned: “It’s been a couple of years since I used to be final on the International Citizen Competition stage in Paris, and I’m excited to affix forces with International Citizen as soon as once more in Central Park this September to drive as a lot motion as we will to make the world a greater place. All of us have an element we will play to assist finish excessive poverty and arise for fairness. I’m wanting ahead to being a part of this main night of optimistic change.”
Her repeat look on the International Citizen stage is simply one other indication of Doja Cat’s ever rising affect internationally.
And it comes simply weeks after she, 50 Cent, and Cardi B had been among the many names listed as ‘honorable mentions’ forward of Billboard‘s launch of their checklist of the 25 biggest pop stars of the final quarter century.
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Set to roll out all through the approaching months, many names didn’t didn’t make the reduce for numerous causes, and for some, it’s merely a matter of not having sufficient materials.
Because the publication described it: “[They] had been nice sufficient to get robust consideration for our prime 25, however finally simply didn’t fairly have both the stats, the affect, the longevity or the amount to elbow their method into our foremost checklist.”
50, Cardi and Doja are among the many names Billboard considers ‘honorable mentions,’ which they launched in a separate checklist on August 14.
Doja Cat’s absence on the primary checklist was defined as: “The recency hurts, in fact, as does the truth that as many good moments as she’s strung collectively over time, she doesn’t fairly have the pull to cease the world with a launch – evidenced by the truth that she’s but to attain a Billboard 200 No. 1 album.”
