CONFIRMED: Beyoncé Sings For Gaddafi’s Son on New Year’s

by Rachel Sklar | 4:56 am, January 5th, 2010

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On Sunday, Mediaite reported that singer Beyoncé Knowles had given a private New Year’s Eve performance for an exclusive crowd in St. Barth — and made the case that she had performed and been paid by relatives of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi (variously known as Khadafy, Qaddafi, Quadhafi and more). Atlanta-based blogger Necole Bitchie reported a $2 million fee; the UK Mirror reported a “six-figure sum” and yesterday Media Takeout made the same claim, repeating the $2 million number and confirming the Gaddafi-hosted party from a guest who was there (hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons also placed Beyoncé at a “Khadafy party.” Today Page Six confirms our original report, with one new piece of information: the party was thrown by Hannibal Gaddafi, son of the Libyan dictator who less than a week before made headlines for allegedly attacking his wife in a London hotel.

Page Six notes — as we did! — that Beyoncé’s sang five songs for a crowd that included her husband Jay-Z, Lindsay Lohan and Usher (who also did the New Year’s countdown); Jon Bon Jovi, Simmons, supermodels Miranda Kerr and Victoria Slivstedt and BET founder Bob Johnson. Page Six could not confirm the rumored $2 million sum cited elsewher, but did note (again as we did) Mariah Carey‘s reported $1-million payday for the same gig last year.

Last year’s party, it should be noted, was thrown by Hannibal’s brother Moatessem-Billah Khadafy, according to a report from the New York Daily News last January. Their other brother, Saif Gaddafi, was originally rumored to have hosted either or both of the parites, but was in New Zealand this year and Asia last year. Meanwhile, Page Six has a lovely rundown of brother Hannibal’s seemingly frequent bouts of violence and reckless behavior. Odds are Beyoncé probably didn’t see his halo.

It should be noted that Jay-Z also reportedly joined Carey last year in performing for the Gaddafi party, and that there was no backlash for either of them (indeed, Carey went on 20 days later to sing for President Obama‘s inauguration — as did Beyoncé). However, this year Muammar Gaddafi’s history of terrorism has come to the fore with the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrah, the Libyan convicted of setting the bomb that took down Pan Am 103. Gaddafi and Libya accepted responsibility for the bombing in 2004, and has paid millions of dollars in reparations to the victims’ families.

More information on the Gaddafi family and Beyoncé’s performance on New Year’s can be found here. Reps for Beyoncé and Nikki Beach did not respond to queries from Mediaite or Page Six.

Update: Initial reports that Microsoft Founder Paul Allen was at the party were incorrect. According to a source with direct knowledge of the situation, Allen was in the area (as evidenced by Russell Simmons’ photo of his yacht) but was not at the Beyoncé-Gaddafi event. Original reports that Saif Gaddafi hosted the last year’s party have also been corrected.

Video from the audience of Beyoncé’s performance at Nikki Beach:

Beyoncé New Year’s Eve: Performing For Gaddafi Family? [Mediaite]
Beyoncé New Years Rumors Continue: One More Link To Gaddafi Family [Mediaite]
In Beyoncé’s New Year’s Audience: Russell Simmons, Tweeting About “Khadafy Party” [Mediaite]

Related:
Beyonce Receives $2 Million to Attend Private Party for Family Linked to Terrorist Activities [Media Takeout]
New Years Eve Pics: Beyonce, Jay-z & Usher in St. Barts, Diddy In Miami [Necole Bitchie]
Beyonce Sings for a Khadafy [Page Six]

Photo by Russell Simmons, from his TweetPhoto.

StewartIII

Hot Air Video: Beyonce parties for the Gaddafis
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/01/05/video-beyonce-parties-for-the-gaddafis/
gilda radner says never mind

this does not surprise me one bit. i am blk and im ashamed beyonce has helped mainstream marginalize what it means to b a bkw wmn in usa. she is nothing but a blk sarah palin. her whole agenda is primarily about the attention she could get. but unlike sarah who has a clue about a few things political and had what it took to in the least become governor of her state. beyonce has no clue; just an industry puppet w/ empty musick and an even emptier head. i suspect she has no f-ing idea who or what the lockerbie bomber was involved in. at the same token, she found her attention-whore-ass trying to upstage the obama’s at the inauguration and was called out by various cable-politcal news shows “sasha fierce does dc…” sMH. this ho IS unAMERICAN need to STFD & STFU!!!!!
Nachi

That’s a good thing! After the tragic passing of Idi Amin, Muammar just HAS to be the World’s Favorite Son”!
brooklyn born

Wow ! Some celebrities and entertainers really are pathetic! How greedy are they? Taking money from entertaining terrorists and murderers is disgusting. I hope other decent Americans feel the same way and will not FORGIVE this behavior. NO TOLERANCE for their actions. if you are a person that knows right from wrong then you make choices showing that. Why do these celebrities feel that they can do anything and get away with it. I challenge the media to report this story and show AMERICANS that BLOOD money means more to Beyonce, Usher, Jay-Z, Lindsay Lohan , Jon Bon Jovi, Simmons, supermodels Miranda Kerr, Victoria Slivstedt, BET founder Bob Johnson and Mariah Carey than doing what is right. SHAME on them. NO Forgiveness when they later apologize when their pockets are filled with guilt and cash!!!!!
Jackie

You and a lot of media are leaving out a lot of important details. In 2006, George Bush said that Libya was no longer a country considered to sponsor terrorism, Libya is helping America fight terrorism and he encouraged American corporations to do business with Libya. This is still the official policy of the US government today. The European Union feels the same way about Libya.

There were a lot of American CEOs and executives at this party that are currently or interested in doing business with Libya, now that it was permitted by the Bush administration.
Jackie

The NY Post has this story also about the event. So it may be that Beyonce, Gwen Stefani and Prince actually performed for this Russian billionaire. But again, I a little loss why if the US government under Bush said that it was ok to start associating with LIbya again why it would be a big deal about Beyonce doing it when we’ve many Americans and American corporations doing it now. :

Baron pays $5M for Eve with stars
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By CYNTHIA R. FAGEN
Last Updated: 12:59 PM, January 3, 2010
Posted: 2:53 AM, January 3, 2010
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Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has taken his outlandish spending habits to a new level during these hard times — with a mind-boggling, celebrity-studded, $5 million New Year’s Eve celebration.
Party-hearty Lindsay Lohan, along with Orlando Bloom and his girlfriend, Miranda Kerr, were among 250 guests who joined a private celebration at the oil and steel magnate’s new $90 million Caribbean estate on St. Barts.
The entertainment cost $1.7 million and included performances by Beyoncé, Gwen Stefani and Prince, who were each paid about $567,000, according to Britain’s Daily Mail.
Celebrityvibe.com
ROMAN HOLIDAY: Roman Abramovich, at his St. Barts New Year’s bash with girlfriend Daria Zhukova (above), brought in guests and performers who included Gwen Stefani.
A fleet of private jets were on hand to transport the guests to the secluded estate, where the 43-year-old oligarch and his socialite girlfriend, Daria Zhukova, kept the merriment rolling with $2.6 million worth of food and drink.
Beyoncé was spotted earlier with hubby Jay-Z and R&B singer Usher at the Nikki Beach restaurant, where she also performed before shuttling off to the 70-acre estate to watch the midnight fireworks off one of Abramovich’s yachts.
It was just a drop in the bucket for the billionaire, who held down the 51st spot on Forbes’ 2009 rich list with an estimated net worth of $8.5 billion.
Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen also have held lavish island parties in the past, but nothing as over the top as this.
“Roman is new to the island and wants to come in with a bang,” a source told the Daily Mail.
Abramovich purchased the Gouverneur Bay beachfront estate with a swim-up bar and an outdoor stage and cinema in September.
He splurged in New York in October, when he hosted nine guests at Nello on the Upper East Side, ordering seven bottles of wine at $5,000 apiece to go along with $600 plates of truffles during their meal.
Those menu items helped him run up a $47,221 tab.
Abramovich also owns the Chelsea soccer team in London, as well as the world’s biggest yacht, which is outfitted with bulletproof glass and is equipped with a submarine.
cynthia.fagen@nypost.com
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Media Me

Awww Jackie, c’mon now, you’ll spoil everyone’s fun!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Yolanda-Lewis/100001302537375 Yolanda Lewis

You all didn’t update your story to make it the right son. It was Muatsim at the party the one that has the closest ties to the West. I’m surprised that many a website failed to post this info. The NY Post even had a correct that said that Joseph Sammut, a Malta businessman, is the one that paid for the party.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/corrections/dr-mutassimbillah-gadaffi-1902347.html
http://www.facebook.com/people/Carlos-Paulino/1641640774 Carlos Paulino

Some in the music industry have suggested that Beyonce and Usher, both self-righteous hypocrites, should donate the proceeds from their outrageous private performances for the Qaddafis to charity so they can
be pardoned for their greediness and support for criminals against humanity. I would say this would be worst. They took their “blood money”, let them keep it in shame, if they have any. No charity should accept money from crime operations. And stop apologyzing for Beyonce and Usher not knowing background on the Qaddafis. JayZ has a well oiled public relations staff and he himself is a smart businessman who is well versed in world affairs. JayZ is Beyonce’s key advisor. Claiming no knowledge of Qaddafy and his sons would be like saying they don’t know who Elvis Pressley was. Qaddady and their sons are household names. The music industry and fans should conduct their own boycott of these greedy anti-role models.
k07

as an alum of syracuse university, a school which lost 35 of its students in the lockerbie bombing, i am disgusted by this. i have since boycotted these artists, whose greed obviously outweigh their dignity.
Nickipicki123

But this doesn’t make it okay that Beyonce did it. She is just one example. a lot of these celebrities claim they care about world issues such as the problem in Libya, yet they are willing to excuse their values for money. That’s really a shame.