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Rapper’s Ice Bucket Challenge in N. Korea
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IT’S pretty hard to find a novel way to do the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge by now, but two-time Grammy-winning rapper Pras Michel, a member of the Fugees, has done it — getting his dousing in the center of North Korea’s capital Pyongyang yesterday.
Pras had two buckets of ice water dumped on his head along Pyongyang’s Taedong River, much to the surprise and bewilderment of residents.
The American rapper and documentary filmmaker said he wanted to join in the popular charity challenge and thought Pyongyang — where the ice bucket craze is unknown — would be a perfect place for it.
“I thought I’d put a little twist to it. When we go to places, my crew, we stick out. You can tell instantly these guys aren’t from this neck of the woods. But the people have been good to us.”
He said he passed on the challenge to four people, including former bandmate Lauryn Hill and Britain’s Prince Harry.
More than 3 million people have joined in the challenge, which has raised more than US$100 million for the ALS Association. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive illness that hits the nerves and the brain and can lead to paralysis and death. There is no cure, though a treatment now available can extend the life expectancy for its sufferers.
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