Mariah Carey Earned $1Million for Signing to Angola Dictator.

Mariah Carey belted out her hit songs for
Angolan despot José Eduardo dos Santos
and his family last weekend for more than
$1 million – even though she apologized in
2008 for performing for Moammar
Khadafy's family, a human-rights watchdog
says.
A smiling Carey posed for a picture with the
Southern African dictator, his daughter and
his wife.
"I am happy to be here in this room, and I
am honored to share this show with the
president of Angola," the pop singer said at
the gala, according to the Human Rights
Foundation, a nonprofit that focuses on
protecting and promoting human-rights
globally.
The foundation blasted her for taking
payment from a "tyrant."
"Mariah Carey can't seem to get enough
dictator cash," the group's president, Thor
Halvorssen, said.
"Just five years ago, she performed for the
family of Libyan dictator Moammar Khadafy.
Now she goes from private performances
to public displays of support and credibility
for one of Africa's chief human-rights
violators and most corrupt tyrants."
The diva made two performances in the
country. She appeared at a public show at
Luanda's Coqueiros Stadium, which was
sponsored by Unitel, a cellphone company
controlled by dos Santos' daughter, Isabel.
Carey also cranked out hits for two hours
at a gala fund-raiser for the Angola Red
Cross, which Isabel heads.
In addition to Isabel, the gala was attended
by José Eduardo dos Santos and his wife,
Ana Paula.
"It is the sad spectacle of an international
artist purchased by a ruthless police state
to entertain and whitewash the father-
daughter kleptocracy that has amassed
billions in ill-gotten wealth while the majority
of Angola lives on less than $2 a day,"
Halvorssen said.
It would be recalled that Mariah performed
in Lagos last Saturday for the first time
ever, before departing to Angola.
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