Born Paul David Hewson, Bono “Vox” is the leader of the world-famous group U2. He has always used his music and his fame to support good causes, as campaigning for debt relief in Africa. He visited Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Ethiopia with US Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill in May 2002 and has continued to work with DATA (Debt, AIDS and Trade in Africa). He was awarded the 1999 MTV Free Your Mind award for his charity work, particularly with the Jubilee 2000 campaign. He has also been closely involved with NetAid and Warchild, to which the profits of the single “Miss Sarajevo” went.