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Rappers Kanye West, Beastie Boys Design Lunchboxes For Hunger
Published Wednesday, November 07, 2007 4:56 PM
By Roman Wolfe

Rappers Kanye West and The Beastie Boys have teamed with over 100 other celebrities who will design lunch boxes to raise money for two non-profit hunger relief organizations.

 

Kanye West, The Beastie Boys, Gwyneth Paltrow, Yoko Ono, Elton John, John Mayer, Zac Posen Mike Myers and hundreds of others will create personalized lunchboxes, which will be auctioned off online to benefit the Food Bank For New York City and The Lunchbox Fund of South Africa.

 

The Food Bank For New York City is a major supplier of food for 1.3 million New Yorkers, while The Lunchbox Fund is a non-profit organization that provides lunch to school children in South Africa.

 

"I'm honored to once again be a part of The Lunchbox Auction," said comedian Mike Myers. "The Lunchbox Fund and Food Bank For New York City have created a wonderful way to raise money and awareness about hunger and poverty in South Africa and New York."

 

Each Lunchbox reflects the artist’s personal expression, no two lunchboxes are alike and each lunchbox is signed and numbered.

 

The Lunchbox Auction will go live on Friday, December 7 at 12:00 AM during a star-studded, invitation only fundraiser party, hosted by REM front man Michael Stipe at Saatchi & Saatchi in New York.

 

The auction will be conducted at www.thelunchboxauction.org and will run through Friday, December 21, 2007.


Comments

 

Boss Up said:

i hope theres food in those lunch boxes
November 7, 2007 5:09 PM
 

King1122 said:

Boss Up, you crazy...lmao!
November 7, 2007 5:20 PM
 

jaeda said:

Any promotion is good promotion
November 7, 2007 5:38 PM
 

slimturk said:

i would love to help support any fundraiser like this folks...do they have an online website to order these lunch boxes...
November 7, 2007 5:44 PM
 

slimturk said:

whoops there is a website....i hope i remember to participate in this auction..
November 7, 2007 5:46 PM
 

TWON THE DON said:

LUNCH BOXES! DO KIDS STILL USE LUNCH BOXES
ANYWAY GUD LUCK
November 7, 2007 5:53 PM
 

Smashit said:

Now that 50 is the best selling rapper on Earth Kayne hooking up with old white rappers  LMAO

I'm with Bossup... I hope its food in them boxes & not a tape of Kanye crying about he never get enough turkey on his sandwiches.
November 7, 2007 6:50 PM
 

vega_diamond said:

cool that he is giving back... now MTV should feel ashamed of themselves!!!


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November 7, 2007 7:04 PM
 

LTBROWN said:

I KNOW Y'ALL TEASE KANYE ABOUT CRYING ALOT. LOL BUT THE MORE I HEAR FROM HIM, THE MORE I LIKE.

GOOD JOB FOR ALL OF THEM.

@SLIMTURK

I WANNA PARTICIPATE TOO. LOL
November 7, 2007 7:12 PM
 

alisha said:

i don't think kids use lunch boxes...more like brown paper bags. but anyways...that's a good gesture.
November 7, 2007 7:14 PM
 

tha clear said:

good collectors item that about it I'll take a Public Enemy one!
November 7, 2007 7:23 PM
 

DSheezy said:

I DIDNT KNOW THAT KIDS STILL CARRIED LUNCH BOXES EITHER TILL LAST MONTH WHEN MY GODSON  CAME STRUTTIN IN WITH A HAPPY FEET LUNCH BOX.

I HADNT SEEN ONE OF THEM JOINTS IN YEARS
November 7, 2007 7:26 PM
 

Demsky said:

Nah youngins I got a 4 year old FYI im 24 but yeah they use lunch bags some boxes brown bags are for field trips and all that shit but anyway like boss up said it betta be food coming along with that box who the fuck want an empty ass lunch box when you hungry if some body say well you know that it was designed by Kanye that aint gonna make the hunger pangs go away that money better go to the kids and not in some dudes pocket
November 7, 2007 10:07 PM
 

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November 7, 2007 11:56 PM
 

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November 7, 2007 11:59 PM
 

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November 8, 2007 12:05 AM
 

los angeles 562 said:

yall think theyll use the lunchboxes and take them to school? maybe some of them will, but ill bet theyd have enough sense to keep it as a collectors items since theyre signed and numbered. thats a pretty dope idea, ill wanna see what each one looks like and who designed it.
November 8, 2007 1:25 AM
 

» Kanye West und die Beastie Boys kreieren Lunchboxen für guten Zweck said:

November 8, 2007 4:45 AM
 

Metropolis Gold_ahh said:

I commend them for trying to do something positive but i am sure they could have donated funds instead of designing lunch boxes. Whats the point of lunch boxes if you dont have any food to put in them.

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November 8, 2007 8:48 AM
 

anomali_ygb said:

yall gotta read it closer... the hungry kids are not getting the lunchboxes, the lunchboxes are being actioned off as collectors items and the money raised is going towards food to feed the hungry kids
November 8, 2007 9:51 AM
 

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November 8, 2007 11:04 AM
 

Global Grind: Music said:

On December 21, REM leader Michael Stipe will host an auction of celebrity designed lunch boxes. Among
November 8, 2007 1:21 PM
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