( CNN ) -- Oklahoma native Blake Shelton is the first entertainer to announce a benefit for tornado victims in his home state . After Tuesday night 's taping of `` The Voice , '' the country music superstar told CNN , `` We are actually putting together a fund-raiser right now with NBC . We 'll have more details within the next 24 hours , but definitely something with NBC that is going to happen real fast , and hopefully raise a lot of money . '' The revelation came after he and his wife , Miranda Lambert , sang an especially poignant rendition of their hit `` Over You , '' which the couple wrote as a tribute to Shelton 's brother , who died when Shelton was a teenager . `` 'Over You ' was just the perfect song to fit , and maybe help some people heal and mourn and all those things , '' Shelton said . Shelton revealed he had a personal connection to the community with the most devastation . `` ( Monday ) was a tough day for any Oklahoman , '' he said . `` And you know , Miranda and I are both residents of Oklahoma . I was born and raised in Oklahoma there and Miranda lives there now . It was tough to land here in LA and look at ( media coverage ) on the phone and go , 'Oh my gosh , we just left there . ' '' Celebs who are OK natives speak out on the tornado tragedy . The country singer said he has family very near some of the hardest hit areas . `` I spent three Christmases at my sister 's house in Moore , Oklahoma , and some of those helicopter views of the destruction , you could see her house a quarter of a mile away from there , '' Shelton said . `` My nieces and nephews would have gone to that school ( Plaza Towers Elementary ) , and when you start putting it in that sort of perspective , and then thinking , 'Oh my God , I am so glad that they recently moved away from that area . ' And then you go , 'What about all those people that did n't ? ' It 's hard to put into words , honestly . '' Shelton 's fellow coach on `` The Voice , '' singer Usher , said he hopes to be part of the benefit . `` I have family in Oklahoma City , '' he said . `` My little sister , Ashira -- her family is OK . Unfortunately , that is something that you ca n't -- all you can do is put your best efforts forward , just let those who have been a part of this tragic reality , this natural disaster , know that we are thinking about them and care about them . I think that is 100 percent the effort . ''
Blake Shelton is from Oklahoma and has a home there . The singer and `` The Voice '' coach says he is working on a benefit . His fellow coach , Usher , also has a personal connection to the area .