Shaggy, Mary J. Blige, Blink-182 Donate Items For MCA Records Benefit Auction

10/16/2001 12:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
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(10/16/01, 12 p.m. ET) -- MCA Records recording artists Shaggy, Mary J. Blige, Blink-182, the Cranberries, B.B. King, and the family of the late guitar great Jimi Hendrix, among others, have all contributed personal and autographed items to a new MCA Records Internet charity auction, with all of the proceeds going to the United Way's September 11th Fund to aid victims of the recent terrorist attacks. The auction, which launched yesterday (October 15), will continue for three weeks and can be found on Yahoo! Auctions (auctions.yahoo.com) and on the MCA Records website (mcarecords.com).

Among the items confirmed for the auction are Shaggy's autographed Cole Hahn shoes, Mary J. Blige's autographed jeans, a Gretsch guitar seen in the Cranberries' "Free To Decide" video, an autographed bass guitar and clothing items from Blink-182, Tommy Lee's autographed cowbells, Jimi's father Al Hendrix's gold record plaque, and an extremely rare, autographed B.B. King Lucille Christmas-edition guitar, of which only 10 were made. Other major artists participating in the auction include New Found Glory, Live, K-Ci & JoJo, A-Teens, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, the O'Jays, and the Roots.

-- Jason Gelman, New York

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