Before Kanye premiered his “Runaway” film to the world Saturday night, the rapper hosted a screening for the 35-minute mini-movie Thursday night (Oct 21) in New York City. And folks like model Selita Ebanks (who stars alongside Kanye in the short film), Kanye’s BFF Swizz Beatz, R&B singer Chrisette Michele and more all came through to watch.

Check out a few pics from the red carpet below..

Singer Dawn Richard and rapper Busta Rhymes attended a party celebrating KING Magazine’s 50th issue, which features a cover story featuring Christina Milian and an inside story about Dawn Richard, a former member of Danity Kane (the group disbanded in January 2009). Datwon Thomas, founder and editorial director of KING, can be seen posing next to Christina’s cover in the image above. Continue reading for the rest of the photos and to see who else hit up the event!

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