Mathew Knowles’ Music World Entertainment and Beyoncé Knowles’ Survivor Foundation joined forces with Houston-based Target Hunger to present its 5th Annual Christmas Carnival Extravaganza Saturday in Houston, Texas.  The event featured rides, games and live performances from such rappers as 2 Much, J Xavier, Mic Little and DJ Energizer. Each child who attended the event received a full bag of groceries and a gift bag from Planet Toys.

Rapper Nelly, the CEO of the women’s clothing line Apple Bottoms, will be donating clothes to the Allie Mae Williams Multi Service Center, an organization that provides shelter to women and their children who lost their homes during Hurricane Katrina. Today from 2-4 p.m, Daphne LaSalle, winner of the Apple Bottoms’ model search 2006 and Louisiana native, will distribute Apple Bottoms outerwear and apparel to the women and children at Allie Mae Multi Service Center (222 Oretha Castle Hallie Blvd).  Nelly will call in to radio station Q93 to wish the group Happy Holidays. 

Trick Daddy will distribute food and toys to Miami youth in the second part of his Trick Luvs Da Kids Foundation’s 4th annual Christmas Toy Drive. The first part was scheduled for Saturday at Miami’s Moore Park. The next gathering is to take place Dec. 23 at the city’s Gould Park. Pitbull and Mobile Mike will provide entertainment.

Keyshia Cole is spreading holiday cheer to her hometown of Oakland and the Bay Area with the purchase of $10,000 worth of toys from her local Target for the annual 106 KMEL radio Toy Drive. The toys will be distributed to many foundations between today and Dec. 24.  Currently, the R&B songstress is working on her new album, to be released in the second quarter of 2007.