In January 2010, a massive earthquake hit the nation of Haiti; it claimed the lives of 230,000 people and left nearly a million without homes. Eager to raise money for Haitian relief, veteran producer Bob Ezrin assembled a stellar lineup of Canadian pop and rock artists to record a benefit single. On February 18, 2010, the ad hoc group Young Artists for Haiti recorded a rewritten version of K'naan's international hit "Wavin' Flag" with appearances by Justin Bieber, Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan, Drake, Nelly Furtado, Emily Haines of Broken Social Scene, Avril Lavigne, Corb Lun...