Swizz Beatz pulled out all the stops, alongside wife Alicia Keys, at Wednesday night's fourth annual Charity Art Auction. The artsy producer and his celebrity friends raised over $100,000 for Arts and Academic Programming for the Bronx Charter School. Pics of The Anthonys, Rocsi and more inside....
$100K definitely is something to kiss to. Swizz Beatz and Bronx Charter School for the Arts auctioned off art at New York’s hotspot Marquee on Wednesday. And celebs like wife Alicia Keys, Carmelo Anthony, La La Vazquez-Anthony, Rick Ross, Big Sean (pictured below), Melanie Fiona, Rocsi Diaz, French Montana, Jason Pierre-Paul and Terrell Thomas of the New York Giantsall came out to help the money raising efforts.
Celebs & guests, while sipping on Ciroc & chowing down on hors d’oeuvres, participated in silent and live auctions featuring original art work by Bronx Arts elementary student artists. There was a presentation of 20 new ESP electric/acoustic guitars, donated to the school by the Traveling Guitar Foundation. And an autographed, original Rolling Stones, electric guitar was auctioned and sold for $5,000.
Swizz Beatz and Big Sean rocked the crowd during the post-auction party.
Alicia looked cute while showing off the artwork.
Swizzy's son Kasseem, Jr. was front and center with daddy.
NY Knick Carmelo Anthony spent his off-night with his wife LaLa for the cause:
Look at lil Jr. with the ladies. Rocsi's rocking a Helmut Lang dress by the way.
Melanie Fiona looked cute as usual.
Swizzy's Reebok homie Rick Ross hit up the event with rapper French Montana.
Loving the blue suit.
According to the press release:
Bronx native Swizz Beatz, in partnership with the Bronx Charter School for the Arts, served as the official host for the evening. An advocate for arts in education, Beatz is committed to assisting the school with achieving its fundraising objectives. The funding will support the school’s arts education programs, as well as its academic intervention programs—which provide additional support for struggling learners. These initiatives allow students to receive additional hours of instruction, as well as participate in a variety of arts and enrichment programs, such as the Bronx Arts Band and Dance Team.
Nice!
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