The song gained widespread popularity after the K'Naan performed it at this year's Olympic Winter Games. The new super-group, dubbed Young Artists for Haiti, features 57 artists, including Nelly Furtado, Drake, Lavigne, Metric's Emily Haines, Broken Social Scene and Sam Roberts.
The track was produced bởi Bob Ezrin in just nine days, and is available for download now.
"I guess we're all trying to somehow make sense of this world and the way it is, and why things happen to places and not to other places," K'Naan told Canada's Star. "I think in those times when we are questioning those things, we want to rid ourselves of the sadness, we want to do something. I wanted to do my part."
The rapper continued on to explain that while the artists on the new recording span many genres, they all came together to create an exciting final product.
"It really is something when bạn hear everybody give the best of themselves to something," he said. "There's this one line that the Broken Social Scene sing, it's so beautiful. I think vịt đực, drake really gave something to the song as well."
