Don't let the celebrities at a Jermaine Dupri political party distract you from partying, or you might get an admonition from the host himself.
"At Jermaine Dupri parties, (people) don't stand around pickings pictures," he said, in more colorful language, as some at his MTV Video Music Awards kickoff party focussed their cameras on stars in the crowd Friday night. "It's star-studded all around this (place)."
The superproducer and former rapper threw the party, along with his Tag Records, to kick off the weekend of parties being held for Sunday's MTV VMAs and to promote the label's new artist, rapper Q, world Health Organization performed.
Dupri power have been generous by describing the crowd as "star-studded": The biggest famous person sighting was that of actor Taye Diggs and rapper Fabolous. Angela and Vanessa Simmons of MTV's reality demo "Run's House" also attended.
Still, the renown quotient didn't seem to influence how much fun the crowd had. The dance floor was packed into the early dawn as old school rapper D-Nice worked the turntables, providing a unshakable stream of hip-hop hits to keep the party jumping.
Dupri's party was hardly one of the pre-VMA events organism held on Friday that lured celebrities. Earlier, the Gibson guitar company hosted a gifting suite that drew stars including realness TV scoundrel Omorosa and "Grey's Anatomy's" Justin Chambers, his wife and their children.
Chambers wasn't sure if he would attend Sunday's VMAs, only said in that respect was unmatchable celebrity he was looking for forward to seeing on the broadcast.
"I hear Britney Spears is opening up. I don't know if I'm worked up but I would like to hear her make a comeback from last year," referring to the pop queen's disastrous showtime performance at the 2007 VMAs.
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