Carlos Vives invites little girl with cancer onstage with him in Miami
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Carlos Vives will melt your heart with his most recent move.
During a concert in Miami over the weekend, the Colombian singer was joined by a very special guest: 4-year-old Salma Richani, a little girl who has been battling cancer and who is considered his No. 1 fan.
“I have a friend that life has given me the opportunity to meet,” Vives told the audience. “She promised that she wanted to live and she is here tonight at our concert.”
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Vives, who first met the little girl at a Miami hospital in early October while she was getting treatment, asked her to join him on stage to sing her favorite “Volvi a nacer” (“I Was Born Again”).
“This song is a very special part of my kids, part of my family, part of Lena and Pedro (his children), it is for Salma,” he said before pulling her up on stage. “Salma, I love you, thank you for tonight and being here.”
He shared this photo after the concert.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Vives and Salma, who is from Maracaibo, Venezuela, first met after her father made a video of his daughter singing her song and uploaded it online.
The singer eventually got wind of the cute video and reached out to the young girl’s family.
“Thank you #SalmaRichani, Elizabeth, Kaled Jr and Kamilita we are happy with your friendship and Salma is pure life,” Vives posted on Instagram with a video of when they met.
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