Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao (born March 3, 1997) is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, and actress.
She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, formed on The X Factor (U.S.) in 2012, signing a joint record deal with Syco Music and Epic Records.
While a part of Fifth Harmony, Cabello began to establish herself as a solo artist with the release of the collaborations "I Know What You Did Last Summer" with Shawn Mendes, and "Bad Things" with Machine Gun Kelly, the latter reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100.
Camila Cabello To Headline Benefit Concert Launching ‘Protect Our Kids’ Legal Fund Challenging Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill
etcanada.comCamila Cabello will be taking to the stage for a cause that’s close to her heart. According to Variety, the “Havana” singer be headlining a Los Angeles benefit concert on Sunday, May 8, where she’ll announce the launch of her “Protect Our Kids” Fund.
The emergency fund, established in partnership with Equality Florida and Lambda Legal, is intended to protect students and families who will be negatively impacted by Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” law, and will also provide resources to impacted students, teachers, and families. READ MORE: ‘Moana”s Auli’i Cravalho Urges Disney To ‘Say Gay’ Amidst ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill The launch will take place at a private venue in West Hollywood, and will also feature performances from RuPaul’s Drag Race favourite Valentina, trans singer Shea Diamond and a local youth choir. “As someone who grew up and still lives in Florida, I am appalled that my home state is putting the health and lives of young Floridians at risk by passing this law and inviting discrimination into our schools,” said Cabello in a statement. “We must protect every student and respect every family.
I am so grateful to all of our founding partners who are standing in solidarity with LGBTQ youth and families and raising money for the Protect Our Kids Fund to help Lambda Legal and Equality Florida stop this hateful law.” As Variety reports, the fund was launched “with broad support across industries,” and with lead support from Starbucks.
In addition, other founding chairs include Amazon Music, Berlanti Family Foundation, Ellen Bronfman Hauptman and Andrew Hauptman, the Ron Conway Family, David Geffen Foundation, Levi Strauss & Co, Nordstrom, Inc., Propper Daley, Jeff Klein and John Goldwyn, Ryan Murphy, Lalo
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