While other Hollywood celebrities are spending their days desperately trying to come up with new ways to criticize President Donald Trump, musician Bruno Mars (pictured above right) is using his public platform for some real good.
Mars — whose real name is Peter Gene Hernandez — is currently wrapping up his “24K Magic World Tour,” which is in support of his 2016 album, “24K Magic.”
To celebrate the end of this tour, the musician is donating 24,000 Thanksgiving meals to Hawaii residents in need.
The decision hits a little close to home, since Mars was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The musician announced the charitable decision on Sunday and revealed he had provided funds to Salvation Army’s Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Division. The organization hosts an annual Thanksgiving dinner for people in need.
The final stop on Mars’ tour will be at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu this Sunday. The stadium seats 50,000 people; it will be the musician’s third consecutive night there. The show will end a tour that has included a whopping 200 stops in all.
Mars, 33, is one of the top musicians of his generation.
He’s won 10 Grammy Awards and been nominated 13 other times. He is best known for hit songs like “Count on Me,” “When I Was Your Man,” “That’s What I Like,” and “Finesse.”
Mars has released a total of three studio albums.
The musician is one of a handful of celebrities currently showing how much good can come from a public platform.
Two-time Academy Award nominee and outspoken conservative James Woods (“Once Upon a Time in America,” “White House Down,” “Ray Donovan”) recently put politics aside to use his Twitter account as a way for people to locate loved ones in the chaos of the California wildfires.
Many artists work incredibly hard to find success. They put blood, sweat and tears into their personal work in an effort to find a level of success that gives their voice a public platform.
That journey and struggle is why it’s so disappointing to see many artists finally achieve success — and then spend their days pushing tired political agendas and becoming more like leftist political pundits than actual artists.
Mars and Woods are two of a handful of celebrities from whom others should learn. These artists are using their success and celebrity to unite people and create some good in the world.
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