NELLY'S BLACK AND WHITE BALL WAS A GREAT EVENT LAST NITE!

Nelly hosted his 3rd Annual Black & White Ball in St. Louis last night. They gave out those scholarships, Boys II Men performed, everyone had a nice time and it was nice to see Nelly in a suit with his gal Ashanti.

Hip Hop Pioneers Descend On Detroit For Stop The Violence Weekend.

Hip Hop Pioneers Kurtis Blow,The Legendary Grandmaster Jay, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick, MC Lyte, Whodini, and The Sugar Hill Gang will appear in Detroit during The 1st Annual Stop The Violence Weekend May 2nd-4th On Friday superstars Kurtis Blow and Grandmaster Jay are scheduled to speak to students at three of Detroit's middle and highschools prior to a press conference to address the recent increases in gang behavior and violence involving Detroit's youth. The rest of the hip hop pioneers will participate in a concert at the world famous Fox Theater on Saturday night.

With a host of events ranging from a power luncheon with city officials to appearing on local newscasts to discuss the causes and solutions of youth violence, to taking part in a Stop The Violence March, this weekend of events will culminate in the stars addressing the 3000 member congregation of The Perfecting Church on Sunday May 4, 2008 which is pastored by Marvin Winans. Event organizer Marshelle Lumas of Infinity Solutions stated ' The time for this type of event is right now. The very future of our communities is at stake when the victims and perpetrators of this sensless violence are our children. They need to hear this message of hope and inspiration from the very role models they follow.' The Stop The Violence Weekend is being presented as a joint venture between The Better Detroit Youth Movement, The City of Detroit, and a host of organizations and sponsors, all united in this effort to reach the youth.

The Better Detroit Youth Movement has been working to assist Detroit youth in making better choices, channeling aggression into positive efforts and community activism. Not to be confused with The Stop the Violence Movement, originally formed by KRS One in 1988, this collective effort is being considered by many as the blueprint for similar events in other cities across America. The Stop The Violence Weekend will be presented as follows:

LONGTIME ROMEO! : Master P, Romeo Entertain Kids During Earth Day, Introduce New Cartoon Character.

Father and son team, Master P and Romeo Miller, welcomed more than 20,000 kids to the Children's Earth Day festival on Sunday (April 27) at the STAR ECO Station in Rocklin, California.

During the event, Romeo received the STAR Academics and Literacy Success Award -- their highest honor -- in recognition of his academic achievements, commitment to the community, and his efforts in helping educate children worldwide. His father, Percy Miller (aka Master P), was honored as well, by receiving the STAR Ambassador of Education Award for his advocacy of education and social responsibility.

The 18-year-old rapper/basketball player, with the help of his dad, also introduced Gee Gee the Magical Giraffe, the main character of an educational children's book and cartoon developed by Romeo and created by his 8-year-old sister Itali Miller. They have been plans to make Gee Gee the next branded character among children, via coloring books, cartoons and even clothing.

The Ludacris Foundation raises money for HIV research and exceeds $$$ expectations!

Everyone from Fergie, Polow Da Don, Dallas Austin, Bubba Sparks and more showed up. Ciara and Chaka Zulu were the hosts. Bossip has all the pictures. Chris always gives back to the community.

Picture Of The Day: The Hip-Hop vote summit in Philadelphia, USA last weekend.

L'il Mama, Russell Simmons, Ciara and T.I were among the participants. Great move to get people to vote!

T.I., Ciara, Flo Rida, Jim Jones To Participate In 'Turn Up The Vote' Summit This Weekend.

The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, in association with the Hip-Hop Research and Education Fund and PowerPAC, will have their Turn Up the Vote National Hip-Hop Summit at Temple University on Sunday. It's dedicated to encouraging voting among young people. Read the story at VH1's site.

Last night was BET's Upfronts event in NYC.

BET Upfronts took place at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, NY. There's Toccara, Rocsi and Keyshia Cole all hamming it up on the blue carpet. Kyshia performed on stage too we hear. Sister Neefy and mom Frankie were conspicuously absent. Awwwww!

Mimi hosts memorabilia and autograph session.

Mariah Carey's Memorabilia Foundation and autograph signing was last night in L.A. What's this memorabilia Mimi has going on?