Madonna akaburitsa uye akaita rwiyo "Hey You" paLondon Live Earth konzati muna Chikunguru 2007. Akazivisa kubuda kwake kubva kuWarner Bros. Records, uye akazivisa chibvumirano chitsva chemamiriyoni zana nemakumi maviri emamiriyoni emadhora, makore gumi neLive Nation. Muna 2008, Madonna akagadzira uye akanyora I Am Because We Are, gwaro rezvinetso zvinotarisana nevaMalawi; yakatungamirwa naNathan Rissman, uyo aishanda semugadheni waMadonna. Akatungamirawo firimu rake rekutanga, Filth and Wisdom. Nyaya yemufirimu iyi yakatenderedza shamwari nhatu nezvinangwa zvavo. The Times yakati "akazvikudza" nepo The Daily Telegraph yakatsanangura firimu iri se "kwete kuedza kwekutanga kusingavimbisi [asi] Madonna angadai akaita zvakanaka kuti arambe ari pabasa rake rezuva nezuva".
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