1.0 link 210420 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brandon-perkins/staff-benda-bilili-celebr_b_210420.html It's hard to explain Staff Benda Bilili to anyone without sounding like someone who listens to NPR 24 hours a day. At work, at home, in the car, on the computer. Staff Benda Bilili are homeless, Congolese, paraplegic street musicians. They were paid $50 each for a song called "Let's Go and Vote," a song that reportedly increased voting by 70%, and made them famous, but couldn't get them out of the streets. They're struggling to obtain proper visas...

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