Rap-Up.com || Skylar Grey Performs for the Dalai Lama

Skylar Grey helped welcome the Dalai Lama to Washington, D.C. at the Kalachakra for World Peace event on Saturday (July 9). The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter performed a new version of one of the hits she helped pen, Diddy-Dirty Money’s “Coming Home,” as a tribute to His Holiness. Whoopi Goldberg emceed the ceremony, which was held at the U.S. Capitol.

Skylar, who will release her debut album Invinsible this fall, will be performing three live shows throughout California this month in San Diego (7/27), San Francisco (7/28), and Pomona (7/30), leading up to her set at Lollapalooza in Chicago on August 6.

Hear what Skylar had to say about working with Eminem and Dr. Dre in Part 1 of our exclusive interview.

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14 Comments

skylar red
July 10th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
awesome skylar!!!!!!!!!!

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saio
July 10th, 2011 at 1:38 pm
coming home part 2 way better than part 1 with diddy dirty-money
but j. cole demo still the best

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Jayson King
July 10th, 2011 at 7:31 pm
I’m so happy for her.

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SkylarB
July 11th, 2011 at 12:01 am
Dalai Lama is a bitch who tryna split his own country apart. And stupid Skylar Grey performed for him and called him “Holiness”. What a funny joke!

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reapwood Reply:
July 12th, 2011 at 7:55 am
@SkylarB, Your post must be a joke . Nobody is that witless.

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Karma Reply:
July 12th, 2011 at 8:46 am
@SkylarB, shut ur stupid mouth. u shouldn’t talk about the topic u don’t know about, u heard. Nobody tryin to split ur country China, It’s u mofo who Invaded Tibet Illegaly. Before callin someone a bitch take a good look at ur ignorance. who is the joker now? U, Bitch.

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Tenzin
July 11th, 2011 at 6:35 am
His Holiness the Dalai Lama – God of our time
Long live His Holiness The Dalai Lama

Good Job Skylar — Yes indeed we are coming home ( Tibet)

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Thepo
July 11th, 2011 at 6:49 pm
FREE TIBET, FREE CHINA, PEACE ON EARTH

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TibetArchive on YouTube
July 11th, 2011 at 8:19 pm
Long Live His Holiness The Dalai Lama !

YES we Tibetans are coming home !
No Stopping it !

Chinese COMMUNIST YOU cant stop our Hunger for Freedom!

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Zaz
July 12th, 2011 at 11:01 am
it’s a beautiful song, beautiful voice, emotion, but who said the dalai lama wants his kingdom back?
this “clinging”!!!

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dolma lhamo
July 14th, 2011 at 8:45 am
long live his holiness the dalai lama…skylar thanx for ur such a wonder song….

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comon!
July 15th, 2011 at 5:52 am
What freedom? You do realize that Tibet was a Feudal state before China right? And Dalai Lama used be sponsored by the CIA.

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trinley
December 25th, 2012 at 7:44 am
skyler grey you are my favourite singer almost deep in my heart that i cant never forget ur sweat voice and episode of ur beauty.you are really beautiful.

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