ALS ice bucket challenge arrives in North Korea

It’s pretty hard to find a novel way to do the ALS ice bucket challenge by now, but two-time Grammy-winning rapper Pras Michel, a founding member of the Fugees, has done it by getting his dousing in the centre of North Korea’s capital on Sunday. Pras had two buckets of ice water dumped on his head while sitting on the banks of Pyongyang’s Taedong River - much to the surprise, bewilderment and laughter of North Koreans out for a stroll fishing on their day off.

When we go to places, my crew, we stick out. You can tell instantly these guys aren’t from this neck of the woods. But the people have been good to us.

Pras Michel, rapper and co-founder of the Fugees

The American rapper and documentary filmmaker said he wanted to join in the immensely popular charity challenge and thought Pyongyang - where the ice bucket craze is unknown - would be the perfect place to do it. He passed on the challenge to four people, including former band mate Lauryn Hill and Britain’s Prince Harry. More than 3 million people around the world have joined in the challenge, which has raised more than $100 million for the ALS Association.

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