The THISDAY music festival now in its third year is meant to showcase talents from the African continent. It aims to paint a positive picture of a continent viewed by the international community as a hopeless case. With more than 23 African countries growing at an average rate of five per cent in the last few years, the festival intends to draw attention to the success stories hardly told in the Western media. Thisday Online

Jay-Z, John Legend and Tyson Beckford plus many more attended the ‘Thisday presents Africa Rising’ on Friday in Washington, D.C.. Jay-Z and John Legend performed getting the crowd hyped and excited and Tyson took off his shirt which made me scream “hallelujah”! View more pictures after the jump –

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