It was less of a battle and more of a showcase of the artists' work. Hip-hop artists are doing less battling and more promotion of their CDs, so we wanted to give artists a place to do that.

They're all artists that I know and have played for me over the years. They're gracious enough to donate things.

We speak to the artists about the benefit for the kids and they usually come in under favorable terms.

I'd prefer they didn't show them or accept them. They certainly looked like the artists' work, but if the West Australian gallery was interested in works from the Western Desert, you'd like to think they'd come to us directly.

Now we're starting to see artists like R. Kelly work with Looney Tunes on his recent album, and we'll probably see a lot more of that in the future.

If you've never been to the Paper Boat, we have over 100 artists' work on sale in the store.