D'banj and Usher at Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day  in Washington DC, USA.
D’banj and Usher at Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day in Washington DC, USA.

Over the weekend International Nigeria music superstar Dapo Oyebanjo, better know as D’banj, performed alongside African music act Fally Ipupa and international music stars such as  Usher, Gwen Stefani, Common, Mary J. Blige, Will.i.am and many others at a free concert held on Capitol Hill for the 45th Anniversary of Earth Day put on by Global Poverty Project and the Earth Day Network.

The highly publicize event had the presence of 250,000 people in attendance, the project which is aiming at uniting the issues of climate change and global poverty and to engage global citizens and business and world leaders to act now to address both issues.

For his performance D’banj was joined by the CEO Dancers and hypeman, Jimmie.

Other people spotted at the event include CNN international correspondent Isha Sesay, American reality star Kenya Moore, Freida Pinto, Chris Martin, Minister of Gender for Liberia Julia Duncan-Cassell, First Lady of Malawi Gertrude Mutharika, Kweku Mandela and more with a number of them speaking on stage.

Check it out !!!

Will.i.am
Will.i.am
Kenya Moore
Kenya Moore
Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
Common
Common
Isha Sesay
Isha Sesay
Ashish Thakkar
Ashish Thakkar
Freida Pinto
Freida Pinto

 

Usher
Usher

Speeches!

Isha Sesay
Isha Sesay
Kweku Mandela
Kweku Mandela
United Nations, Special Advisor on Post 2015 Development Planning Amina J. Mohammed
United Nations, Special Advisor on Post 2015 Development Planning Amina J. Mohammed
Freida Pinto
Freida Pinto
Chris Martin
Chris Martin
Minister of Gender for Liberia Julia Duncan-Cassell
Minister of Gender for Liberia Julia Duncan-Cassell
First Lady of Malawi Gertrude Mutharika
First Lady of Malawi Gertrude Mutharika
Laurentia Laraba Mallam
Laurentia Laraba Mallam

Performances!

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D’banj
D’banj
D’banj
D’banj
D’banj
D’banj
D’banj
D’banj
Jimmie
Jimmie
Fally Ipupa
Fally Ipupa
Usher & Common
Usher & Common
Common
Common
Peter Wentz
Peter Wentz
Tony Kanal
Tony Kanal
Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
Gwen Stefani
Gwen Stefani
Will.i.am
Will.i.am

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Photo Credit: Getty Image/Kris  Connor  and Bella Naija

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