ST. LOUIS – Award-winning rapper and St. Louis native, Nelly, will host his annual star-studded Black and White Ball come December in support of the Make-A-Wish Missouri organization.

Nelly hosted his annual Black & White Ball on Sunday to support ... the affair was held at the Four Seasons Hotel in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. Nelly put on the gala to raise money ...

Many white citizens of East St. Louis, which had previously been largely white, were disturbed by this movement, and by the increase in employment of black people in the city's industrial plants.