See the Roots With Usher, Ryan Adams Perform at ACLU Fundraiser

See the Roots With Usher, Ryan Adams Perform at ACLU Fundraiser

The Roots with Usher, Ryan Adams and Norah Jones were among the artists to perform during the all-star Stand for Rights: A Benefit for the ACLU fundraiser, which live-streamed Friday night on Facebook.

The four-hour fundraiser – hosted by Tom Hanks and featuring appearances by Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jon Hamm, Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Steve Buscemi and many more – brought in nearly $150,000, all of which went to the ACLU.

The Roots with Usher performed at the telethon’s one-hour and 23-minute mark, with the tandem collaborating on an updated take on Eugene McDaniels’ 1970 protest song “Cherrystones,” which was a criticism of the political inactivism at that time.

“Yo, being armchair activist is laziness, when this administration is the craziest,” Black Thought fired off…