Alicia Keys raises $3.54m at gala, honours Winfrey
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Alicia Keys attends the Keep a Child Alive's ninth annual Black Ball on Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 in New York. -- PHOTO: CHARLES SYKES/INVISION/AP
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Angelique Kidjo attends Keep a Child Alive's ninth annual Black Ball on Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 in New York. -- PHOTO: CHARLES SYKES/INVISION/AP
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Padma Lakshmi attends Keep a Child Alive's ninth annual Black Ball on Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 in New York. -- PHOTO: CHARLES SYKES/INVISION/AP
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Bonnie Raitt attends Keep a Child Alive's ninth annual Black Ball on Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 in New York. -- PHOTO: CHARLES SYKES/INVISION/AP
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Padma Lakshmi, left, Alicia Keys, centre, and Angelique Kidjo attend the Keep a Child Alive's ninth annual Black Ball on Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 in New York. -- PHOTO: CHARLES SYKES/INVISION/AP
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Alicia Keys and her mother Teresa Augello attend the Keep a Child Alive's ninth annual Black Ball on Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 in New York. -- PHOTO: CHARLES SYKES/INVISION/AP
Alicia Keys attends the Keep a Child Alive's ninth annual Black Ball on Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 in New York. -- PHOTO: CHARLES SYKES/INVISION/AP
Angelique Kidjo attends Keep a Child Alive's ninth annual Black Ball on Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 in New York. -- PHOTO: CHARLES SYKES/INVISION/AP
Padma Lakshmi attends Keep a Child Alive's ninth annual Black Ball on Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 in New York. -- PHOTO: CHARLES SYKES/INVISION/AP
Bonnie Raitt attends Keep a Child Alive's ninth annual Black Ball on Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 in New York. -- PHOTO: CHARLES SYKES/INVISION/AP
Padma Lakshmi, left, Alicia Keys, centre, and Angelique Kidjo attend the Keep a Child Alive's ninth annual Black Ball on Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 in New York. -- PHOTO: CHARLES SYKES/INVISION/AP
Alicia Keys and her mother Teresa Augello attend the Keep a Child Alive's ninth annual Black Ball on Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 in New York. -- PHOTO: CHARLES SYKES/INVISION/AP
NEW YORK (AP) - During the auction portion of Alicia Keys' Black Ball Redux, one man was ready to jump his bid from US$100,000 (S$123,000) to US$250,000 for a trip to South Africa - if Keys would join him and his friends.
"I'll go for a little more," Keys said Thursday night at the Apollo Theater, where her charity's annual gala was held.
The man - pharmaceutical billionaire Stewart Rahr - didn't raise his bid, but he later pledged $1 million to Keep a Child Alive, helping the R&B singer raise more than US$2.9 million.
Keys' charity assists those affected by the human immunodeficiency virus infection/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in Africa and India. Thursday's event was originally planned for Nov 1, but was cancelled due to Superstorm Sandy.
