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Rapper, producer, designer and entrepreneur Swizz Beatz has added another job to his resume: visual artist.
The Bronx native auctioned off his first original art piece — a cool portrait of Muhammad Ali painted on a vintage Porsche hood — at a benefit for Smile Design Gallery on Tuesday night.
The piece sold for $24,000 and will be donated to charity.
Piano prodigy Ethan Bortnick has reportedly donated more than $30 million to non profits over the world. The 11-year-old has performed with the likes of Josh Groban, Beyoncé and Celine Dion, but his primary concern, he says, is making others happy and staying humble.
Recently, the Guinness Book Of World Records certified Ethan as the World’s Youngest Solo Musician to Ever Headline his own Tour.
[via CBSLocal]
Muhammad Ali, the legendary boxer who turned 70 last month, celebrated his birthday Saturday night with a cast of pop stars and sports icons at a Las Vegas gala to raise money for the battle against neurological disorders. More pics after the jump. Read More
Jay-Z calls himself the best rapper alive, and he’s made a cool half billion dollars off his talent — but when it comes to giving money to the charity he founded, he’s recently been more of a nickel-and-dime kind of guy.
The Daily reports, the hip-hop artist gave just $6,431 to his own charity in 2010, a year in which he earned an estimated $63 million, according to tax records for the Shawn Carter Scholarship Fund.
His superstar wife, Beyoncé, made in the neighborhood of $87 million, according to a Forbes estimate — yet she didn’t give her husband’s foundation a dime.
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