Nelly and his Daughter
Sunday Night Dec 6 at one am, the Chase Park Square had to close the party down to make it stop at Nelly’s fourth yearly Black and White Ball. When staff informed Nelly and the controlling powers it was time to call it a night, folks were still going hard.

They were on the stage and on the floor rapping’ and dancing along to a couple of the tracks that Nelly and the St Lunatics made famous as well as hits from back when they first began on the scene mixed with current hiphop hits.

Folks got down, but the entire point of the event was to help scholars go forward with their studies. “I feel a bit like I haven’t got a choice to do this,” Nelly asserted about his call to use his star power for the community. Following the short formal program, partygoers got down to business and hit the dance floor while Mario, Nelly and the St Lunatics performed on stage for the length of the night. Jermaine Dupri, Mario, Bill Bellamy joined many local notables including mythical sportsman Jackie-Joyner Kersee were among the evenings guest stars.