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Back in 2009, Jason Derulo made his vocal debut by singing his name at the start of several of his chart topping songs.

Though he dropped the tradition midway through the last decade, it later made a triumphant return.

Jason Derulo capped nine months of planning on Thursday night when he threw his Just for You Foundation's inaugural fundraiser, the Heart of Haiti Gala.

Jason Derulo capped nine months of planning on Thursday night when he threw his Just for You Foundation's inaugural fundraiser, the Heart of Haiti Gala.

“My heart goes out to Haiti.

US POP star Jason Derulo nearly lost an uncle in the Haiti earthquake so he wants to thank everyone for buying the Simon Cowell charity.

Jason Derulo - Jason Derulo (born Jason Desrouleaux) spoke to about his relief efforts after the earthquake last year.

Other Brooklyn- and Bronx-born artists made earthquake relief tracks about Haiti but without necessarily invoking the Revolution; see for.

"It's a bigger hit if I sing my name at the front, you know, obviously," Derulo said with a laugh on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in 2020. "So yeah, I had to bring that back."

Before the Florida native's music career took off, Spin reported that Derulo actually adopted a phonetic spelling of his real last name, Desrouleaux, to make his stage name more industry- and fan-friendly in terms of spelling and pronunciation.

However, more than 10 years later, with 11 Billboard Top 10 hits, television appearances, brand partnerships, a big screen acting gig in 2019's infamous movie adaptation of "Cats," and more than 46 million TikTok followers, as of this writing, it would be pretty difficult to find many pe