Some of the big names in urban entertainment hit up the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta Tuesday evening (Nov 3) to attend the 2009 Soul Train Awards.

Here are some pictures of celebrities like Robin Thicke, Monica, Keri Hilson, Musiq Soulchild, Angie Stone, Estelle, the ladies from the Real Housewives of Atlanta and more walking the red carpet before making their way into the building for the show.

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Rapper Ludacris hosted the Ludacris Foundation’s 6th Annual Benefit Dinner Saturday evening (Oct 24) in Washington, D.C. The Atlanta native presented Congresswoman Maxine Waters (Democrat – California) with the Congressional Leadership award in the name of his foundation prior to the event.

On giving the Congressional Leadership award to Congresswoman Waters, Ludacris said “I just think she is a great woman and a great individual.” He suggested the relationship between the two bridged the generation gap.

In a later interview, Waters praised the rapper for reaching out to her generation. “For more mature people like me to be recognized by younger people is really important,” she said. She argued that Ludacris’ style of music should be more widely accepted.

“The hip hop culture has a profound influence on our country on our young people – for many many years it has been known as violent or vulgar,” she said. “Instead of running away from it we should embrace it.”

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Other celebrities at the benefit dinner were Raheem DeVaughn, Common, Omarosa and more. Continue reading for the rest of the pics!

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The biggest names in hip-hop entertainment hit up the 2009 BET Hip-Hop awards, held in Atlanta, GA this past weekend. Folks like Soulja Boy, Gucci Mane, Monica, Tiny & Toya, Pretty Ricky, Shawty Lo, Plies, Rick Ross and more all walked the red carpet before making their way into the building to enjoy the show, which will air on BET Tuesday, October 27th at 8/7c.

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Bill(ionaire) Gates called on R&B singer Monica to help celebrate the launch of his “Get Schooled” program, a nationwide initiative to help students, families and community members to join forces to improve America’s public education system and encourage young people to complete their education. The program was co-developed by media giant Viacom and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

In addition to Mo, stars like Morgan Freeman, Seal, Heidi Klum, Kevin Liles and BET’s Debra Lee all came out to support the event, which included a block party and concert where over 400 Los Angeles area public school students, parents, teachers and school administrators attended.

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all posed for a group shot Monday night (Jul 27) at the BET Rising Icons event, sponsored by Grey Goose, at 1OAK in New York City. Continue reading for more photos from the event!

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Here’s a shot of Kanye West and his girlfriend Amber Rose on the red carpet of the 2009 BET Awards, which went down Sunday (Jun 28) in Los Angeles at the Shrine Auditorium. The show itself pretty much sucked. And that’s us being nice. But for the most part, everyone looked good on the red carpet. Continue reading for 80+ pics of celebrities like Beyonce, Ne-Yo, Tyrese, Soulja Boy, Ciara, Mario and tons more!

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Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas stopped for a picture at the Dasani Ultimate Style and Beauty Lounge at Townhouse Spa Friday afternoon in New York City. The TLC singing superstar is the face of Dasani’s new campaign recognizing hard working African American Women. She along with the famous Coca Cola bottled water brand hosted the spa day, which recognized Girls Inc. and Dress for Success for their support of women through a variety of positive, image-building programs. BET’s Debra Lee and musician Teyana Taylor also attended the event.

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Singers Monica and Maxwell stopped for a photo backstage during the BET Networks’ 2009 Upfront media presentation, where they announced 4 brand new shows in addition to a new entertainment and music channel called CENTRIC. The presentation, held at the Nokia Theatre in New York Thursday night, featured special appearances by Mary J. Blige, Mo’Nique, MC Lyte and more.

According to several announcements made at the event, Monica will be getting her own “docu-drama” (aka reality series) titled Monica: Still Standing and Mo’Nique has her own nightly talk/variety show. No word on when the new shows will be premiering yet, but continue reading for more photos from the media event.

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