 Entertainment leaves now. At the Star-studded Gala in Washington D.C., a singer-songwriter Lionel Ritchie has been honored with the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, awarded to performers and composers for their lifetime contributions to popular music, Gloria and Emilio Estafet, who received the prize in 2019, and black-each actor Anthony Anderson went on hand to honor their friend and fellow artist. In 1985, Ritchie wrote the Grammy Award-winning We Are the World with Michael Jackson to raise money for African farming relief. Dozens of top artists collaborated on the project, which raised millions in humanitarian aid with its message of solidarity. Ritchie said that We Are the World's lyrics hold as much relevance in 2022 as they did when he wrote them in the mid-1980s. During the tribute concert, artists Gloria Estafet and Andre Day performed two of Ritchie's classic hits as he looked on clapping toward the bit. As he accepted the prize, the 72-year-old Ritchie remembered his humble roots. This is an amazing honor. As my grandmother would say, this is about as high cotton as you're ever going to get. From a small-town guy from Tuskegee, Alabama, to a group called the Commodores, and to now be standing in front of the members of Congress and the Library of Congress and the Gershwin Award. Do you understand what I'm saying here? I mean, that's ridiculous. He's one of a kind. He's one of an Oscar. He's one of Grammys. He's still an incredible entertainer. I just caught his show in Vegas back in October, and corrals were going ballistic just like we were. So he's one of those. You hear two notes of his voice, and you know who it is. I can't think of a better person to be honored tonight than Lionel Ritchie, who I consider to be a friend, because his music is the soundtrack to not only my life, but I'm pretty sure a lot of other people's lives are here today.